After reviewing the
gross incompetence being displayed by the Presidency in providing security for
the citizenry, the Umuahia Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion has
called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office and forget about
vying for re-election.
The church also tasked
the federal government “to clearly explain” to the world what happened to the
traditional ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu, Eze Israel Kanu, his wife Ugoeze Sally,
and their son, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB) after soldiers stormed the palace on September 14, 2017.
These demands were
contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the ninth synod of the Umuahia
Diocese held at St. Luke’s Church Amakama Olokoro in Umuahia South Local
Government of Abia State. The synod had “frowned on the present crisis-ridden
situation in the nation”.
“The decision of the
president to run for a second tenure should be reconsidered, and the synod
called on him to resign honourably,” the church said in the communiqué drafted
by a 10-member committee headed by Venerable Alex Ihemekwala and Rev. Nathaniel
Ezemandu as secretary.
The synod further
condemned the “disturbing activities of the rampaging Fulani herdsmen and the
inability of the government to rein the militants, adding that “this has led to
pillage and destruction of villages and communities as well as dastardly massacre
of innocent residents by the marauding Fulani herdsmen”.
It therefore regretted
that the federal government has continued to foot drag in taking decisive
action against the rampaging herdsmen despite “national outcry against the
Fulani herdsmen and calls for the federal government to declare them as
terrorists”.
However it was not all
condemnation as the synod appreciated the efforts made by the government to
negotiate the release of some of the Chibok and Dapchi school girls abducted by
the Boko Haram terrorists.
Still, the synod
“frowned on the intermittent resurgence of Boko Haram attacks and abduction of
school girls and other residents, after the present administration had told
Nigerians that the sect had been technically defeated”.
On the general
performance of elected political office holders, the synod noted that they have
failed to adequately inform the electorate on the position and situation of
things in the country at federal, state and local government.
At the local level,
the synod commended the Abia State government for the free school meal programme
being implemented at the primary schools thereby increasing nutritional intake
and combating malnutrition and poor academic performance.
Nonetheless, the
synod condemned the non-payment of backlog of salaries owed primary and
secondary teachers in the state, and “advised that these backlogs of salaries
be paid without further delay”.
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