A former Chaplain Of the Aso Villa Chapel, Reverend William Okoye, has urged Nigerians to look inwards and think of creative ways of overcoming the current economic challenges, without having to depend on the government.

The former chaplain and General Overseer of the All Christians Fellowship Mission expressed concerns on the level of hardship and increasing cases of suicide in Nigeria.

He said more families would suffer hardship if the state of recession was not urgently addressed.

Several financial and economic experts have made numerous suggestions on alternative measures that could be taken to bail the nation out of its downward economic spiral.

Many of those suggestions have bordered around encouraging private sector investment, as well as individuals to take up new initiatives along the path of agriculture and infrastructure.

While delivering a state of the nation address at the headquarters of the church in Abuja, Reverend Okoye stressed the need for the church in Nigeria to return to its original role of caring for the people in order to ameliorate the suffering of the masses.

He criticised the act of laziness among some Nigerians and also urged parents to bring up their children in ways that they could eventually add value to the society and future generations.