L-R: Coordinator, Hope for West Africa Foundation, Maryland Usa, Ms Sarah Kennedy, Coordinator-General, Poorest of the Poor, Anawim Home, Rev. Sister Oreosa Ojeme, Director-General, National Agency for the Control of Aids, Prof. John Idoko and Health Coordinator, Poorest of the Poor, Anawim Home, Dr Kingsley Onuzulike, at the graduation of trainees under the Social -Economic Empowerment for Vulnerable Women Project supported by Naca and Mdgs in Abuja last Saturday

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, yesterday, said he had been a product of grace and never had to struggle for anything in his life so far.
Dogara said this when he attended a Thanksgiving Service at the Winners Chapel, Durumi, Abuja.
The speaker said that ever since he encountered God before his university days, he never lacked any good thing.
He added that “ever since I met God through this commission at a tender age, I have not had to struggle for anything in life.
“I never had any reason to struggle nor lack any good thing in my life.’’
While acknowledging God as his source, the speaker urged Nigerians to keep praying for leaders, saying that without prayers, nothing could be achieved.
He said conventional problems do not need conventional wisdom but divine wisdom, stressing that “Nigeria needs God’s blessings at all times.
“The nation needs steadfast leaders who will do the will of God, not theirs.
“We need your prayers, we can’t do it alone.’’
The Senior Pastor of the Church, Pastor John Adelekan,  urged the congregation to keep praying for leaders in the country, adding that this was the right thing to do.
He said “service to God pays, as it is the easiest way to experience unending blessings from Him.’’
The pastor said service to God also opened the doors of favour when a man’s way pleased God, as He would make ones enemies to be at peace with him.
The speaker was in company of his wife and nine other representatives.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called on Nigerians to pray for the success of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and leaders at all levels of government.
This is contained in a statement signed by the speaker’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan, yesterday in Abuja.
It said that Dogara made the appeal during a Church service at the Living Faith Church, Durumi, Abuja.
The statement said that the challenges confronting the present crop of leaders in the country were not ordinary, and that they required extra-ordinary prayers to overcome.
“I want to plead that because the problems we have now in the country are not conventional, and that conventional wisdom cannot solve them, we need divine wisdom.
“Without prayers, there is no way we can succeed. So, I urge that prayers and supplication be offered for all the leaders, beginning from the President to the least person in authority.
“So, that we can embrace the wisdom that comes from God and apply those tools in bringing solution to the problems that are no longer conventional,’’ it said.
It said that Pastor John Adelekun, in his sermon, called on the worshippers to serve God and tap into His blessings.
“Those who serve God don´t beg to be lifted and they are doing themselves favour when they serve God,” the statement added.