20/11/2023
" 𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗢", 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗦 𝗢𝗨𝗧
Joseph Nyumah Boakai, President-elect of the Republic of Liberia, has told his fellow citizens that the time for promises is over and now is time for him to do what he is called to do.
Boakai said the era of fulfillment is at hand, and there is no more time to tell people to keep hoping.
“This is what I am telling this congregation and the entire nation that this is what I am called to do, and I will do it. For your care and prayers, I want to assure you that the next few years will be a period of fulfillment and not hope anymore,” he said when he attended the regular church service at Effort Baptist in Paynesville.
Boakai is a deacon of the church, and he arrived along with his wife and entourage under heavy security, though he preferred to normally fellowship with his fellow congregants.
He narrated that he became a member of the church in 1993 and, since then, has been and will continue to remain a committed member.
“I believe the Lord called me for this. In February 1993, I became a member of this church, and I remain a member. In 2006, I became the Vice President of the Republic of Liberia. And, I remained a member until 2023, thirty years with Effort Baptist, and here I am today as the next President of the Republic of Liberia.”
He thanked his fellow church members for going out and voting during the elections, assuring them and the nation that their votes would not go in vain.
“I want to say thank you to all of you who have gone to vote. You have paid a single attention to an individual because you need development, so I want to say, may God richly bless you for loving me the way you do,” Boakai said amid applause from the congregation.
He emphasized that the church has shown him so much love and that all of its members have, over time, committed to praying for him, most especially in the course of the electioneering period.
He said it is because of the courage he has received from God and fellow worshippers, as well as many people across the country, that he remained steadfast and focused on his mission of winning the presidential election in order to rescue the nation from its under-development and many other challenges.
He reminded them that he was not speaking in the capacity of President, but to honor the calling of God that he has honored all through his life.
“I’d like to say this to the Church that I am not here for the Presidency. I am here to honor the calling of God because He knows what this country has been through; He knows what this Government should do,” Boakai pointed out.
He was particular about ‘sacrifices’ made by many people across the country on the day of the runoff election, especially so that they stayed awake ensuring that their votes were not tampered with.
“God knows what the citizens of this country did on the night of the elections. They turned out to vote and they protected their votes. They didn’t choose not to honor me just to get leadership; they made sure that their country got the leadership it deserves, a better one,” he concluded.
Credit: Daily Observers.
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