CBCN LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE PRAYER CAMPAIGN FOR TINUBU AHEAD OF 2027

Abuja, Nigeria | 31st October 2026

The Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) is set to inaugurate a nationwide prayer and Church-to-Church mobilisation campaign in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 2027 re-election aspiration.

The historic inauguration, scheduled for Sunday, 1st November 2026, at 2:00 PM, will take place at the Royal Choice Auditorium, National Christian Centre, Abuja.

The initiative, themed "TOGETHER WE WILL WIN!", follows the Conference's 2026 Synod, where its leadership formally adopted a position of support for President Tinubu's second-term ambition.

The programme is designed to activate the Conference's ecclesiastical structures and establish a coordinated framework for nationwide prayer, church engagement, political advocacy and responsible democratic participation.

The inauguration will be led by the President General of CBCN, His Eminence, Archbishop Prof. Leonard Bature Kawas, alongside the Secretary General, His Grace, Archbishop (Dr.) Chivir Chianson.

The Conference anticipates the presence of Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as Special Guest of Honour.

Other distinguished invited personalities include His Excellency, Senator Dr. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and His Excellency, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.

A major highlight will be the unveiling of the Nigerian National Prayer Handbook, authored by Archbishop Prof. Leonard Bature Kawas, to facilitate coordinated prayers for national leadership, peace, security and development.

The Conference says its nationwide mobilisation will extend across Christian congregations and denominational networks in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The CBCN maintains that the Church has an important responsibility to contribute to national development through prayer, moral guidance, peaceful political participation and constructive engagement with leadership.

The Conference invites the clergy, Christian faithful, media organisations, political stakeholders and members of the public to attend the inauguration.

TOGETHER WE WILL WIN!

CBCN MEDIA AND PUBLICITY DIRECTORATE

AGADA'S PRESIDENCY CASE STUDY: ECONOMY, FOOD, OIL, POWER, HOUSING AND JOBS AT CENTRE OF 2027 AGENDA

Labour-Direct programme attempts to connect macroeconomic policy with household realities

If the Labour-Direct agenda is viewed as a policy case study, its defining feature is the breadth of sectors that Arch. Peter Agada seeks to bring under one national development framework.

The programme starts with the economy but extends into almost every area of government.

Agada proposes rebuilding productive capacity, strengthening the naira and establishing a national mechanism aimed at controlling the prices of essential goods.

His oil policy calls for greater transparency in revenue management and a review of subsidy-removal arrangements.

Infrastructure forms another major component, with proposals for national road renewal, affordable housing and electricity reforms.

The youth agenda adds employment, sports, entertainment and creative-industry development, while the investment agenda proposes creating conditions for both foreign and domestic investors.

Agriculture and water are presented as tools for food security and rural economic transformation.

Education and healthcare are treated as social-development priorities.

Security and institutional independence complete the political architecture.

The breadth of the programme mirrors Agada's professional and policy background. Vanguard recently described him as an architect, infrastructure-policy strategist and acoustic-design specialist, while reporting his role as Shadow Minister of Infrastructure within the Big Tent Shadow Government.

The question surrounding the programme in a presidential context is therefore not simply what it promises, but how such a wide-ranging programme would be financed, sequenced and implemented.

Those implementation questions would ultimately become central to evaluating the Labour-Direct proposition.