Diocesan Bishop of the
Anglican Communion, Kaduna, the Most Reverend Josiah Idowu-Fearon, spoke at the
20th synod of the church.
The theme of the Synod
was “A New Look At Holiness”, which was taken from the book of Leviticus
19: 1-4 and 11-14.
He said: “Nigerians
are aware that many became criminally rich during the last administration.
Organisations that have been accused of receiving money for campaigns like the
TAN, CAN in particular, and individual office holders should be investigated by
the EFCC, and as much of the misappropriated national wealth as possible should
be returned for the development of our country.”
Rev. Fearon admonished
Buhari to stay clear of any faulty foundation laid by his predecessor, Dr
Goodluck Jonathan.
“He should closely
look at the foundation laid before building on it to avoid a cataclysm that may
be worse than what he is inheriting. That means, there should be some probes,
but not within his first six months in office,” the cleric said.
He added: “Mr.
President is advised to sanitise the Armed Forces, get them well equipped, and
flush out the remaining Boko Haram insurgents within his first six months in
office.
“Within the first six
months, we encourage Mr. President to have achieved something to give some hope
to Nigerians. We suggest he makes fuel available by removing subsidy so
as to use the billions being paid to marketers who, in spite of that, hold
Nigerians to ransom.
“We suggest to the
President to get the companies responsible for the power sector to either make
power generation and distribution effective, or set up appropriate, trustworthy
and action-oriented machinery within constitutional provisions to re-evaluate
their contracts.
“We want to state the
obvious so as to give the President some ideas for his consideration and
action. It is obvious, the stakes are high; Nigerians who voted for you have a
very high expectancy level. You cannot afford to fail by disappointing them.
Te Nation
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