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The Bishop of Diocese of Oru , Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Rt . Revd GN Chukwunenye has expressed concern over the persistent state of insecurity in the country,urging the Federal Government to urgently tackle spate of insecurity .
The Bishop stated this on Friday shortly after the First Session of the Fifth Synod of the church, held at the Cathedral Church of Emanuel, Mgbidi.
He said President Muhammadu Buhari and all the state governors in Nigeria must match their words with action if insecurity must be a thing of the past.
He said, “the president is not sincere in his fight against insecurity. it will not take Buhari 2months to stop insecurity if he is serious and sincere in tackling it.”
On the issue of Ban on cattle movement to the south, the respected clergy said” if cattle rearers in Nigeria under the Umbrella of MACBAN are not pursuing a hidden agenda,they should abandon the primitive nomadic method and adopt the modern and best global practice of cattle rearing on ranches which does not cause any friction between them and other farmers whose crops are also required to measure the domestic products of the country. ”
Bishop Chukwunonye said the recent call by Southern governors for a stop of the movement of cattle from the North to Southern part of Nigeria is a way forward.
According to him,”if the proposal is accepted, I consider it as a major step towards solving note than 80% of the prevailing insecurity problem in the country”
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“Nomadic cattle rearing is no longer in vogue and no longer tolerated in other part of the world where limited land space is partitioned to accommodate other aspect of development ventures.”
On 2023 presidency, Bishop Chukwunenye said the project of Nigeria ‘s presidency cannot be achieved by mere wishful thinking.
He pointed out that those who are serious about it in other regions have declared their intention long ago,at least to sample public opinion about their opinion about their aspiration.
He said before now ,we were given the the impression that the presidency of the country has been zoned to the Southeast come 2023 in the understanding that every other geopolitical zone had produced the president but it is surprising that up till now there has not been any serious efforts to show that the Southeast east is interested.
