Catholic Bishops have commended President Muhammadu Buhari on electoral laws, challenging him to conduct free, fair and credible elections.
The catholic bishops made the call when they paid a courtesy visit on President President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja.
Led by the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, the body presented an eight-paragraph message to the President in which they lamented “the sad state of insecurity in the land, which has consumed thousands of innocent Nigerians across all regions, creeds and ethnic groups.”
They complained that “Our Church personnel have been frequent victims in terms of kidnapping or outright murder.
The Owo – Ondo State Catholic Church massacre on Pentecost Sunday, June 5th, 2022, is still very fresh in our hearts,” and urged the President in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief, “to make sure that our Nation is effectively rid of these murderous criminals.”
Additionally, the Catholic Prelates decried the unfortunate state of the Nation’s economy which they said “has been put under serious stress by both internal and external negative forces, which has had serious adverse effect on the lives and livelihood of the average Nigerian.”
While blaming better political and economic management, Nigerians have both the resourcefulness and spirit of hard work to turn things around.
“In particular, the many loopholes and leakages of endemic corruption still need to be sincerely and adequately addressed, if our economy is to recover,” they suggested.
In spite of the overwhelming woes in the Nation, the Catholic Bishops still commended President Buhari for his efforts in improving the electoral system and processes, especially in signing the electoral bill into law. They ,however urged him not to relent “in making sure that INEC and other relevant agencies of government carry out their serious duties to conduct peaceful, free, fair and credible elections.”
