 The vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemio Shimbajiru, has expressed optimism that despite the challenges a country is faced with, the future is bright. Professor Shimbajiru, who was represented at the annual Nigerian Baptist Convention, enjoyed all to stay positive. Our correspondent, Jacinta Obyoku, has more. All the bandits, all the kidnappers... Praying for the nation, Nigeria, is top on the list of the 6th day, 109th unknown Nigerian Baptist Convention. The kidnappers, the wicked fighting Nigeria, fighting our peace in the north, in the east, in the south, in the west. We declare them defeated in the normal Jesus! The vice president, Professor Yemio Shimbajiru, believes the future holds the best for the country, even in the deep-seated menace. He was represented. God's Word instructs us to give thanks in all circumstances. When things are good and when things are even complex, because our God is a God of complex situations. He steps into things even when they get really, really complicated. He is not a man. Those options are limited. He has no limits. He has no boundaries. He has no quotas. He is God. And this is why I am completely convinced that the future of our nation is very bright. He called for a positive mindset and confession. If we want our personal circumstances to change or we want our country to be at peace and to prosper, we the saints of God, we must declare it. We must speak. Speak the reality we desire. We have been empowered by the spirit of God who is in this convention and in this nation to use our praises, to use our thanksgiving, to roll away the stone of insurgency, of kidnapping, of economic hardship, of unbelief, of fear and hopelessness, which is facing us as a nation. The Baptist Church has been on the receiving end of the nation's insecurity. Remembering the case of over 118 abducted Bethel Baptist High School students in Kaduna, the Baptist President Reverend Dr. Isro Akanji told the government to opt its game in securing the people. If the bandits will be getting in touch with relations, telling them that we got your phone number from your relative, if you don't bring social amounts, we will not free the person. And we have waited and waited and help has not come. And in certain cases we have even had to go and give money to them because life is bigger than money to retrieve little children from the hands of bandits. We experientially and existentially can say that the government needs to do more than it is doing. The best of the government is not enough. With the convention theme, entering into newness with praise and thanksgiving, one can only hope for a better Nigeria, even as the nation goes into another general elections. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.