Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of
Okigwe South, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha,
has expressed worry over what he
termed "the serious threat corruption is
posing to our corporate existence as a
nation".
Rt. Rev. Onuoha made the lamentation in
his address at the second session of the
seventh synod of the diocese held at
Saint Matthew's Church, Umuezeala Nsu,
Ehime Mbano local council area of Imo
State.
"It is no longer news that our country
sets a new record on this every year
and all efforts at reducing the incidences
of this national embarrassment
succeeded only in the breach", the
bishop lamented.
He was particularly irked that the ever
rising profile of corruption in the land
means that the issue will remain in the
public domain until a solution is found.
"The issue is not these mind-boggling
annual revelations. What should disturb
us as a nation are the denials, the
rebuttals and deliberate refusal to
acknowledge an obvious fact", Onuoha
said.
Continuing, the fiery Anglican cleric said:
"What this clearly indicates is that this
nation and her leaders are not in a hurry
to fight this malaise. That we are in a
society where funds meant for projects
and services that will benefit all and
make for national growth are brazenly
stolen by a privileged few and still
people from the same society appear to
quarrel with views of massive
corruption in Nigeria calls for a great
concern".
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