Day 29 - Oil sector/Solid minerals sector

Nigeria derives billions of dollars from export of crude oil and natural gas but there is much corruption and wastage in this sector. A committee set up in 2012 reported that billions of dollars were lost through corruption, inefficiency, wastage, reckless spending, smuggling, illegal bunkering, etc.

Thank God for the great treasures He has invested in this nation. Declare the Lordship of Jesus Christ and His Sovereignty over the crude oil, natural gas, all solid minerals and over all the oil companies and all their staff and equipment, (Col 1:14-17).

• Bring repentance for the high level corruption, wastage, inefficiency, smuggling, idolatry, occultism, kidnapping, piracy on the high seas and the creeks, illegal bunkering, illegal sales of oil blocks, loss of lives due to pipeline explosion, hooliganism etc.

• Bind the water spirits that operate in the Niger Delta causing violence, greed, covetousness, bloodshed; occultism, mammon worship, etc. Command them to cease their operations in this sector, (Is. 27:1).

• Ask the Lord to visit all strongholds of darkness in the oilfields and solid mineral sites with thunder and lighting, earthquake and great noise and bring about His peace and righteousness in all these places.

• Pray that corruption, embezzlement, wastage, inefficiency etc, uncovered during the recent probe in this sector should not be swept under the carpet but it should be acted upon by the government.

• Pray God to expose and judge foreign collaborators and all crude oil thieves.