Malawi President Joyce Banda left her country today on a South Africa Airways flight to Lagos, to begin a three-day private visit to Nigeria.

Malawi President Joyce Banda left her country
today on a South Africa Airways flight to Lagos,
to begin a three-day private visit to Nigeria.
Interestingly, the official came to visit neither
President Goodluck Jonathan nor the First
Lady Patience Jonathan.
Mrs. Banda is heading to Lagos , where she
will be staying for 3 days as the VIP guest at
Pastor TB Joshua’ s Synagogue of All Nations,
to receive prayers for herself and her small
country.
At the departure ceremony in Lilongwe she
said she wanted to use the time to reflect on
2013 and and what lies ahead in 2014. Mrs .
It would be recalled that Joynce Banda is due
to face a general election in May 2014.
According to her words, she has been coming
to Nigeria for prayers in the last 5 years , and
this visit is normal.
“Some of you may be aware that I go for
prayers in Nigeria. This year I also decided to
take a three- day holiday for prayers ,” she
said . She calls TB Joshua her spiritual father.
She was seen off at the airport by VP Khumbo
Kachali . And she is expected back in Malawi
on New Year’s Eve.
President Banda’s ascendancy to power is
said to be connected to the prophecy of the TB
Joshua who was said to have predicted the
death of former Malawi President Bingu wa
Mutharika.
President Banda had visited Nigeria more than
once before she ascended the presidency.
TB Joshua’ s Synagogue has been a favourite
destination of some African leaders, including
the late Professor Atta Mills of Ghana.