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The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, has condemned the National Assembly for allegedly voting against electronic transmission of election results and other issues of national interest based on partisan interests.
The Bishops described as absurd and grotesque, a situation, where elected federal lawmakers put parties’ interests above national interests, by working against electoral reform, press freedom and other issues that affect Nigeria.
The Archdiocese, comprising Ilorin, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti and Osogbo Dioceses, spoke in a communique issued after its meeting at Domus Pacis Pastoral Institute, Igoba, Akure, Ondo State, and made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday.
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Catholic bishops have decried the actions and pronouncements of agents of the Federal Government with regards to the fight against insecurity in the country, saying they were rendering the actions of state governors ineffective.
The bishops said: “It is frustrating to see governors, constitutionally empowered as the first security officers of their states being impeded and rendered ineffective by mitigating actions and pronouncements allegedly made on behalf of the Federal Government when they take lawful steps to respond to security needs in their states.”
The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, who stated this in a communiqué at the end of their meeting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, held that “such manner of governance that exerts itself to protect the interest of a segment of the population at the expense of the security of lives and properties of the majority makes the emergence of militias and self-appointed messiahs inevitable.”
By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA – The Catholic Bishops, on Tuesday, appealed to the Nigerians to prevail on the new Service Chiefs to allow alternative and lawful initiatives established for protecting life and property such as Operation Amotekun to thrive in the country.
They also want the authorities to support and optimise such initiatives as complementary security outfits for the benefit of the people.
The Bishops of the Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, which comprises; Ibadan Archdiocese, Ilorin, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, and Osogbo Dioceses, made the appeal in a communique sent to journalists by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Abuja at the end of their meeting.