The Anglican church of Nigeria has publicly rebuked the federal government for their slow response to the #Endgoverance and hungry protest. The Church bishops had gathered in Abuja to discuss the ill governance scheme of Tinubu’s Administration. They criticized the federal government for not complying to the demands of the people, which includes #Badgoverance , hunger and allowing security Officals to kill innocent protesters.
A Statement was released after the meeting and it, “The protest is a clarion call to governments at all levels, especially the federal, to heed the cry of the people, and not scapegoat anyone as no government can legislate or stop people who are hungry from protesting.
“We strongly condemn the killing of some protesters by the security agents and call for the training and retraining of our security forces on the acceptable standards of engagement in matters like this.
“We urge the government to quickly sit down, seriously discuss the demands of the protesters, and come out with immediate, short-term, and long-term measures to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians.”
The bishops further expressed concern over the rising cases of kidnapping and banditry and urged the government to take decisive action to ensure security and food security in the country.
The bishops also addressed the high rate of kidnapping and banditry, the drew the federal government’s attention to it and asked them to address it soonest. They also condemned the Autonomy granted to local government areas by the supreme court.
But to conclude their speech, they also commended president Tinubu’s Administration for not allowing that the #Igbomustgo tendencies to stand.
“Mere condemnation of xenophobia without holding the purveyors, some of whom are known, to account, belies the seriousness of government’s readiness to combat such odious incitements,” they said.
They also insisted that an emergency economic summit be held to address the economic crisis in the country.
“We must spare no effort to ensure food security in this country to avoid future citizens’ uprisings. Every Nigerian should be involved in agriculture in whatever scale possible.
‘’State and local governments should encourage farmers by providing materials and agro-services that will help boost yields.
“We call for an emergency economic summit that will bring credible Nigerians across board together to chart a new course that will put this country on a sound economic footing,’’ the bishops said.
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