*Says President’s sickness impeding nation’s growth
By Ndubuisi Michaels
Worried by the the health challenges of President Mohammadu
Buhari, the Diocese of Enugu, Anglican Communion, has urged President Mohammadu
Buhari to resign from office.
While praying for the President’s recovery, the Church said
it is of the opinion that the president should resign if his ill health could
no longer allow him discharge his duties.
It said the President’s ill health has indeed impeded the
growth of the nation and urged him to resign from office.
In a communiqué at the end of her 3rd session of the 16th
Synod, held at the Christ Redemption Church, Ogui –Nike, the Church expressed
compassion over the President’s present situation but noted that the
development had kept him “away for too long” and enjoined him to resign.
It also expressed worries over the October 1 quit notice on
Igbo residents in the north by the Arewa Youths and the hate speeches from some
of their leaders and warned against repeat of the 1967 pogrom.
The Church called on the federal government to ensure
adequate protection of the lives and property of Ndigbo residing in northern
parts of Nigeria.
It also urged Ndigbo to refrain from making inflammatory
speeches on the development.
The Church further asked the federal government to make
public the outcome of the investigations of the special panel headed by the
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo over the large sums of money recovered by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a private apartment in
Osborne Towers, Ikoyi in Lagos state as well as the arms recovered by the
Nigerian Customs.
It commended the federal government on the war against
corruption, noting however, that informing Nigerians about the outcome of
investigations on the recovered money would further boost their support in the
fight.
The communiqué was authored by Most Rev Emmanuel Chukwuma,
the Archbishop/Bishop, Ven. Augustine Orah, the Synod Secretary and Sir HBC
Ogboko, the Registrar.
It implored the EFCC to “abate media trials of suspects in
their custody and ensure the conclusion of investigations before arraignment
and prosecution of alleged offenders”.
The Synod condemned the gruesome killing of Christians in
Southern Kaduna state and expressed disappointment that no arrest, prosecution
and conviction of the culprits have been secured by the federal government
since the heinous act was committed.
The Church demanded that perpetrators of the acts should be
brought to book in the interests of justice and fairness, stressing that
perpetrators of crimes have continued to indulged in unholy activities because
they were treated with kid gloves.
On health care services, the Church condemned the state of
dilapidation of basic health facilities coupled with frequent industrial
actions by health-care professionals as well as medical tourism among
government officials.
It observed that there was need for declaration of state of
emergency in the national health sector.
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