By Correspondent in Ilorin.
Archbishop Israeli Afolabi Amoo of the Kwara Province of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act swiftly to save the nation’s economy from collapse, pointing out that Nigeria’s economic landscape was on the brink.
He made the call at the 22nd provincial meeting held at the Diocese of Jebba between 5th – 6th October, 2021, warning against the backdrop of tension in recent months, owing to farmers–herdsmen conflicts, ethnic clashes, banditry and insurgency.
Archbishop Amoo said that his became necessary inview of the current in many parts of the country and its impact on the economy.
The cleric said, “The skirmishes which we have been seeing in some parts of the South–West, involving the indigenous people of the region (the Yoruba) and the settler Fulani herdsmen do not encourage us to believe that the end of crisis is in sight.
He commended the President for backing the State governors in their efforts to guard and protect their forests, noting that there is extant law that empowers them to do so, which he said gave force to the resistance of the Western, Eastern, Middle-belt and South-South governors to open grazing.
For an assured security, he called on the the parties in the crises in the country and their collaborators cum sponsors to show respect for the rule of law and admonished other citizens not to take things for granted, saying: “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.”
Reading from (Isaiah 45:22), he enjoined all to look unto God for salvation. “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else,” he quoted.
The prelate also urged everyone to embrace peace, which he said came from “the Prince of Peace, which he won on the cross, ending the dominion of sin for mankind.”
