The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has appealed to the federal government and security operatives to step up their battle against the Boko Haram insurgence, especially as the Yuletide celebration draws nearer.

Addressing reporters at Umunze in Orumba South local government area of Anambra State, state chairman of PFN, Bishop David Eberechukwu, said many Christians, especially those residing in the Northern part of the country, were already becoming apprehensive, in view of the increasing activities of Boko Haram in the area.

He recalled that this time of the year is when the Boko Haram sect usually attacked many churches adding that on their own part, they will to continue to pray for peace in Nigeria as they expect the government to do what it can to solve this problem once and for all.

 The cleric noted that the wasting of people’s blood has become very alarming and they are worried that unless something is done urgently, there might be a repeat of the kind of incidences experienced in some churches in the North last year whereby worshippers were murdered in cold.

Bishop Eberechukwu also spoke on the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, urging the university lecturers to call off the strike and return to the classroom as a matter of urgency in the interest of the country’s education system.

According to him, members of ASUU should not make Nigerians to believe that the strike was politically motivated; adding that the best way to have the sympathy of Nigerians is to call off the strike while continuing negotiation with the federal government.