SAN FRANCISCO, August 31, (THEWILL) – The Catholic Bishop of Bomadi Vicariate in Ughelli, Delta State, Most Rev’d Hyacinth Egbebo, has stated that those clamouring for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation are misplacing the priority challenge facing the country.
This was as he argued that restructuring the country without stamping out corruption in the national life would not take the country anywhere.
The Bishop stated this on Wednesday in Yenagoa after his episcopal visit to St. Patrick’s Parish, Ovom, to administer the sacrament of confirmation on over 200 worshippers in the parish.
He stressed that other than the agitation for restructuring of the federation, Nigerians need a change of heart in all ramifications to move the country forward.
According to him, “We need a change of heart. Nigerians have been so corrupt that even if you put two brothers together, they will compromise each other because they are not placing God first.
“And unfortunately, they are using even the churches to promote this corruption and that is a sad development. Church leaders are rich and they don’t want to care about the poor people in their congregation.
“They are not speaking on behalf of them; they are not even speaking the truth to the government and to those who really govern us so that they will leave their corrupt ways in order to invest in the government of this country.”
The cleric stated that God, who is not a respecter of persons, had always dealt with corrupt people, citing the case of the biblical Sepnath who God pushed out of his position because of his corrupt ways and replaced him with Eliachim.
“The gift of God to this country is so enormous, but we have spent them in a very corrupt way. We have enriched only a few people and the vast number of people are suffering.
“I will like religious leaders to speak to those who govern us by telling them that they are corrupt and their corruption is killing us.
“And of course, we expect something different now, but that is not even happening. The corruption goes on and it is very sad. And it is only God that will put them aside,” he said.
