Methodist Church Nigeria has advised the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to stop further borrowing of money from International Financial bodies but rather make use of recovered looted money from corrupt Nigerians.
The Church gave the advice in a communiqué issued at the end of its 35th Council of Bishops held at Methodist Theological Institute, Umuahia, Abia State capital.
It noted that money borrowed by past corrupt leaders was squandered, adding that Nigeria should not borrow at all again.
In the 17-paragraph communiqué signed by Rt. Rev Michael Akinwale and His Eminence, Samuel Emeka Kanu Uche, Secretary of Conference and Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, respectively expressed its profound appreciation to the Federal Government for her frantic efforts in ensuring the release of the 103 school girls kidnapped from Chibok in 2014.
The Council also condemned in strong terms, the threat by Northern Youths that the Igbos in the North should leave the North or face annihilation.
“This is a hate speech and threat that should be seen as treason and punishable under the law of the land. God has made Nigeria a sovereign, indivisible nation and it should be so.
“It will be recalled that at the end of the Nigerian civil war, the Federal Government proposed a plan for Reconciliation, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation. Non implementation of this project has obviously led to the rise in agitation of various forms in the South-East. Council therefore, urged the National Assembly to revisit the bill on South-East Development Commission as a way of making the zone feel that it belongs to Nigeria,” it said.
The Council further acknowledged the wisdom of our founding fathers in the creation of Federal character commission and therefore, insisted that the spirit of Federal character should be strictly adhered to in employment and appointments at all levels in the Nigerian society.
UDOKA AGWU, UMUAHIA
