A cleric, Rt. Rev David Onuoha, yesterday urged President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to put in place proactive measures to make corruption unattractive.
Onuoha, who is Bishop, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Diocese in Owerri, made the call in an address at the first session of the eighth Synod of the Diocese of Okigwe South.
The event was held at St Silas Church, Lowa in Ihitte/Uboma LGA, of Imo State with the theme, “Christian Stewardship in Times Like This.”
Onuoha said an objective assessment of events and situation of things revealed that corruption hinders national development.
He said that it was imperative for the incoming administration to isolate corruption and deal with it decisively.
The cleric said 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.
He urged the Buhari 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.
Original link