The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Daniel Olukoya, has shared his thoughts on the current economic challenges affecting the country.

He stated that the solution to Nigeria’s problems is divine intervention, as he believes prayer can solve all problems.

Olukoya made this known when he was conferred with an honorary doctoral degree (Doctor of Management) at the 34th and 35th combined convocation ceremonies of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State.

The cleric urged the leaders and government appointees to allow God to intervene in some of the decisions and policies they make for the people.

“There is only one weapon that can cure any problem, which is prayer. No matter how strong it is, prayer can dismantle any problem.

“So, I keep preaching here that what we need in Nigeria is divine intervention. Let God intervene in what we are doing.

“Divine intervention is greater than your brain and what your brain can do. Considering what is happening in the world now, we can see that God is showing mankind that they’re helpless,” he said.

Olukoya also expressed concerns over the energy cost of maintaining universities, which has forced owners of faith-based institutions to hike tuition.

Olukoya, who is the owner of one of the faith-based universities in the country, the Mountain Top University in Ogun State, mentioned that parents of the students attending the university are now struggling to send their children to the institutions due to high fees.

Explaining the reason for increasing the fees, the cleric said, “It is not the fault of those proprietors. I am one of them. I am always at the back of the poor because I know how difficult it was for me to get to the university. My parents didn’t have the money.

“But then the current situation states that if you cannot pay good money to the lecturers or the professors, you won’t get good teachers. And if you run a private university and you are paying less than the federal universities, you will not get good professors.

“So, it is the financing and paying the salaries. And that is the situation now. Even electricity to run a university on a generator costs a lot of money. In our university, most of the money goes to diesel. It is now that we are installing solar,” he added.