Peter Obi calls for prayers over insecurity, unemployment as Catholics observe lent

Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has urged Catholics all over the nation to pray concerning insecurity and youth unemployment in the land.

Taking to Twitter, he urged Christians to remember and pray for victims who have suffered from Nigeria's insecurity.

The running mate of Atiku Abubakar in the last 2019 General Elections also called for prayers over the youth unemployment in the land.

"As we begin our Lenten observance today, I urge fellow Catholics around Nigeria to remember and also pray for all those killed across Nigeria as a result of the looming insecurity.

"Let us also put in our prayers, the teeming unemployed youths in Nigeria today, whose future is being jeopardised by the situation in the land," he tweeted.

Let us also put in our prayers, the teeming unemployed youths in Nigeria today, whose future is being jeopardised by the situation in the land. -PO

— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) February 26, 2020