What do you think should be the priority of the new government?
As a matter of priority, this government must take the war and the fight against corruption very seriously. In fact, President Umaru Yar'Adua should declare the war on corruption and corrupt practices as an emergency. A lot of people felt that the war against corruption embarked upon by the last administration was implemented selectively. They may be right, they may be wrong, that is not my business now. But there was war against that evil that is dealing with us in this country. The government should pick it up, fine-tune it, remove the selective dimension of it and apply it across board, so that there will be no sacred cow. Because it is righteousness that exalts a nation and sin is a reproach to any people. If we don't deal with corruption, we are going no where. We will just be moving in circle.

The present administration should address the power problem. It has turned out to be an embarrassment. It has never been this bad. It is a terrible problem to our nation. It adds to inflation. We are not one-tenth productive, as we ought to be as a nation and as a people. Where people want to be productive, the cost is enormous, because they must tie capital down to running three or four generators to get power supply. Let the president tackle power problem. He must not be incapacitated in any form; he must not be intimidated by any power or any interest in doing this. He should just have the interest of Nigerians and the progress of this country at heart in doing this.

Also, the issue of security. This is vital and critical to the development of any nation. The Niger Delta issue is very critical. We cannot deal with it with violence. Government is the custodian of the military, the arms and ammunition of the nation so, nobody is contending with the government about its military might and capability to engineer violence and engage the people bullet for bullet.

We concede that to the government. But they should use diplomacy in dealing with Niger Delta crisis. It is like a father dealing with a bunch of angry children that are trying to vent their anger. Call the people and address the source of that anger and from there, we can move forward. The people, I believe, they are not unreasonable, they will listen.

Apart from this, the issue of armed robbery across the nation is terrible. They should deal with it. It is only in an atmosphere of security that we can make progress.

How I wish also that the president can pass a bill to the National Assembly to say he wants to establish a cottage industry that will employ a minimum of 500 youths in each of all the local government areas of the country. Let the local governments decide what they want and put the proposal across and let the federal government fund it. We have the money. Then appoint a board of trustee for each of the industries from the people and see whether they would want to run down what belongs to them. Let them take this first step. We have 774 councils in the country, multiply that by 500 youths and see the number that will be off the unemployment market. This is one of the ways of dealing with violence.

The reform initiated by the last education minister must not be allowed to die. It must be sustained in other to address the decadence in our educational sector.

What will be your advice to governor Alao-Akala, who obviously has a godfather behind him?
Well, the reality of godfathers is not peculiar to Ibadan alone. It is all over the place and we can't run away from it. But it has been entrenched in Ibadan for decades they have been playing the game from the First Republic . So, they have their roots and tentacles all over. As men of God, we are not going to join them at that political terrain. We are praying for the fear of God in the hearts of the politicians and their godfathers. We are praying for the peace and progress of Oyo State . Each time we have an opportunity to counsel, we do it.

I thank God for the life of the present governor that he survived and made it because it was turbulent. I want to advise that he should maintain a healthy balance between pleasing his political godfather and serving the interest of his people. Where the two are in conflict, the fear of God should rule his heart to know that the welfare and interest of the people is paramount. I pray God will give him the grace, wisdom, courage, strength and good health to do it. I know he is in a difficult terrain, but if he commits his ways to God, God will see him through. The important thing is for him to do the will of God because he will give an account to God one day. We will continue to pray for him to succeed and pray that the state will be at peace because we don't want anarchy in Oyo State .

As for the country, I don't have any fear over Nigeria , because the destiny of Nigeria is not in the hand of any man but of God.

As one of the leaders of PFN, what are the new challenges confronting the association?
PFN today has gone through a lot of metamorphoses and changes and God has really helped us. We have a very strong powerful team of leaders that are God fearing, seasoned and experienced under Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor. When you have people who fear God at the top as leaders, there is no fear. So, PFN is doing well.

However, we have two main challenges: one is internal and the other is external. The one that is internal is how to make everybody that is of PFN to come into the fold and participate in the PFN activities. There are lot of vibrant young ministers even though they are nominal members and are still outside the association. This is a burden on the heart of our national leadership. We want to see how we will bring everybody together under one umbrella.

The other point is that we are really concerned that Christians are many in Nigeria and yet, the nation is what it is today. So, we are yearning for national transformation that will affect our political, social, economic, education, entertainment sectors of the country positively. So, the PFN now is working out a strategy on national transformation, to see how we can bring the glory of God upon Nigeria .