Popular cleric and founder of Revival Assembly Church, Lagos Apostle Anslem Madubuko, has revealed that social media is one of the tools that helps him relax and reduce stress.
He stated this by the side during an interview with journalist.
He said: “I try to rest and watch TV. I play on Facebook; I use those things to douse the tension. There is tension everywhere. If you do not handle stress in this country, you will kill yourself for nothing. Some days I don’t pray, I just lie down and watch TV. This is because prayer is too much work. It is hard work, people tell me daddy, go and rest and pray. I tell them that when I rest, I don’t pray. The energy you expend praying is much, I cannot travel for vacation and be praying. I rest on Mondays; I just wake up and thank God for the day.
I am going to enjoy myself today. I open Facebook to check what is happening there, I put my mouth in everything, I will go to Tunde Ednut and say one thing and they will attack me. I will go to Linda Ikeji and say something and they will attack me. For me that is fun, I will just laugh at the curses. For me that is the way to survive in this country. Social media has done better to Nigerians than bad. I love social media.
He stated that growing up in the 70s in Nigeria was heavenly and will not blame any youth that chooses to flee the country. “You can compare it. We were all in heaven growing up. Even though we didn’t have God, there was so much love and contentment. There was brotherhood. I was a member of the Pirate Confraternity. We didn’t kill anybody; we didn’t have guns. We were just stubborn young people enjoying what looks like a secret society. Just a bunch of young people drinking and shouting. It used to be so much fun. We were driving from Enugu to Ibadan at night without any incident.
Today you cannot drive from here to Victoria Island in peace and be free at night. You can’t cross the states at night anymore. I loved Nigeria so much that all my siblings opted to study abroad, I was the one that said that I can’t leave this country. This was in the 70s, I could not imagine living outside Nigeria because of how it was. But now everyone wants a way out, the one prayer in the mouth of everyone is favour at the embassy.
People carry passports to church and they are traveling every day. Many have left. I don’t blame them, if I was young, I won’t be here there is nothing here for anyone. I am talking like a human being. I am fine because God is my source, I am talking about average Nigerian. I see people and I wonder how they survive.
People are misplacing their anger asking us to go and build a factory instead of a church. It is not the job of the church to build a factory, it’s for government. The government that is not doing anything, the local government chairman that cannot even fix the roads, they eat the money every month and people are not talking. It is government and we are not even addressing them.
He said that attacks on his person and ministry does not affect him. “It’s what I expect. The spirit realm controls the physical. Satan is fighting the church with such aggression and anger. He cannot stop God because the bible says the gates of hell cannot prevail. If someone is truly born again, these side talks will not change anything.
“I don’t have any challenges. Anything that comes are things I expect to come. We have been here for 33 years and the grace of God is sufficient. There is nothing new. I have seen lies, scandals and I am still standing.”
