OWERRI – A cleric, Rt. Rev David Onuoha, on Monday urged the President-elect, Gen. Muhammad Buhari, to devise proactive measures to make corruption unattractive in Nigeria.
Onuoha, Bishop, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Diocese in Owerri Province, made the call in an address at the 1st Session of the 8th Synod of the Diocese of Okigwe South.
The event was held at St Silas Church, Lowa in Ihitte/Uboma LGA, of Imo with the theme “Christian Stewardship in Times Like This.”
Onuoha said that an objective assessment of events and situation of things revealed that corruption was the bane of progress and development in the country.
He said that it was imperative for the incoming administration to isolate corruption and deal with it decisively.
The cleric said that efforts should be made to strengthen and support all anti corruption agencies and institutions in the country to make them serve optimally.
He urged the legislative arm and the judiciary to give the incoming administration maximum support in this regard.
The prelate also urged the incoming administration to invest the gains of the anti corruption war on the key sectors of energy and power to lay a solid foundation of industrialisation and economic activities.
He said that this would help to create employment opportunities.
“The change Nigerians voted for is not necessarily the change of some individuals in the nation’s political theatre, but a total change of style, attitude and structures of government,” he said.
Bishop Onuoha also spoke on the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the search for a new Nigeria.
He expressed concern that 12 years after the establishment of the agency, the attitude of the average Nigerian on the issues the agency was set up to address had remained a tall dream.
According to him, the theme of this year’s synod is meant to address people’s thought pattern and mindset, with a view to making them conform to divine expectations and will.
Taking his text from 1 Cor. 4: 1-2, he said that understanding the term steward in relation to resources, status and opportunities was all that was needed to develop the right attitude to life.
He called on parents, ministers of the gospel and civil authorities to know that they would one day give God account of their stewardship.
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“The prevailing attitude of seeing opportunity for service to the nation as one for unlimited access to our commonwealth is very unfortunate.
“Those who use their privileged positions to commit all forms of atrocities should know that the owner of power and authority will one day call them to account.
“Those who shed innocent blood; teachers who promote rottenness in our educational system, judges that issue fraudulent judgments should be prepared to give account to God,” he said.
According to the prelate, every position one occupies and every opportunity that comes ones way should be adequately utilised to serve God and alleviate the problems of humanity. (NAN)
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