{"id":73438,"date":"2022-10-01T15:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate"},"modified":"2022-10-01T16:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T15:58:11","slug":"62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate","title":{"rendered":"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Ekpenyong Nyong Akpanika, has said that despite celebrating the 62nd independence anniversary today, the country has not yet attained the dream its founders had.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to congratulate the country\u2019s leadership and the people, the spiritual leader of PCN said the citizens have passed through really hard times in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Nigerians have proven to be very resilient and will not succumb to difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn deep reflecton, we are forced to conclude that Nigeria at 62 is not yet the nation of our dream. Unfortunately, we are stll grappling with some primary and elementary issues bordering on corrupton, poor infrastructure, insecurity, tribalism, religious crisis, ethnic divisions, industrial actons, underdevelopment, banditry, poor social services etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PCN leader wondered if there was any need for celebration, cautioning Nigerians not to lose hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this tme of celebraton, many of us are forced to wonder if there is any need for it or if there is hope for Nigeria\u2019s future. May I remind us of this eternal truth: if we lose hope, we lose all. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged Nigerians to continue to hold on to the hope that one day, soon, they shall get it right as a nation.<\/p>\n<p>He charged Nigerians to keep believing that soon their country will experience a rebirth, buttressing that was the same message Prophet Isaiah gave to the Jews when they found themselves in exile in faraway Babylon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Ekpenyong Nyong Akpanika, has said that despite celebrating the 62nd independence anniversary today, the country has not yet attained the dream its founders had. In a statement to congratulate the country\u2019s leadership and the people, the spiritual leader of PCN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,28,26],"tags":[8779,1570,2140,254,8419],"class_list":["post-73438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-62nd-anniversary","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-pcn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Ekpenyong Nyong Akpanika, has said that de ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Ekpenyong Nyong Akpanika, has said that de ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-01T14:30:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-01T15:58:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-01T14:30:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-01T15:58:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"62nd Anniversary\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"PCN\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate\",\"name\":\"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-01T14:30:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-01T15:58:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Ekpenyong Nyong Akpanika, has said that de ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate - Nigeria","description":"The Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Ekpenyong Nyong Akpanika, has said that de ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate","og_description":"The Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Ekpenyong Nyong Akpanika, has said that de ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2022-10-01T14:30:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-01T15:58:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate","datePublished":"2022-10-01T14:30:45+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-01T15:58:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate"},"wordCount":272,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg","keywords":["62nd Anniversary","Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Nigeria","PCN"],"articleSection":["all news","Community","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate","name":"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg","datePublished":"2022-10-01T14:30:45+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-01T15:58:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Ekpenyong Nyong Akpanika, has said that de ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19.jpg","width":1440,"height":1440,"caption":"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/62nd-anniversary-nigeria-not-yet-country-of-our-dream-pcn-prelate#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"62nd Anniversary: Nigeria not yet country of our dream \u2013 PCN Prelate"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}