Implement National Conference report, cleric urges Buhari

THE Anglican Bishop of Evo Diocese, Rt. Rev. Innocent Ordu, has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to implement the recommendations of the National Conference held in Abuja under former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Rev. Ordu explained that the implementation of the recommendations of the National Conference was imperative irrespective of the difference in government and political party.
The cleric spoke on Wednesday during a news conference ahead of the diocese third session of the second Synod to begin from July 29 to August 2, 2015 at the Chapel of Grace and Knowledge in Elelenwo, Port Harcourt.
He said, “I strongly want to urge this government, its biases notwithstanding, to please, implement the provisions or the recommendations of the National Conference that held in Abuja just before the elections.
“The conference was more like the gathering of wise men and women in this country and at the end of the day, all of them were in agreement about what they recommended.
“So, this government holds it as a duty to the rest of Nigerians to implement what has been recommended, not minding the fact that the conference took place under a different government, a different political party. We are talking about Nigeria here; we are not talking about PDP or APC.
We are not talking about the Labour Party.”
Rev. Ordu observed that government, from the military to the former President Olusegun Obasanjo second era, had always had cause to convene National Conference or dialogue, adding that such action was the leadership’s way of calming frayed nerves.
He pointed out that successive leadership in the country had been taking Nigerians for a ride and maintained that there appeared to be something about most persons in government that make them to believe that the rest of Nigerians were fools.
“Leadership in Nigeria is taking the people for a ride. They are taking us for a ride. There is something about most persons in government that make them believe that the rest of Nigerians are fools.
“If we push them this way and dangle a carrot before them, we will calm them down so that we will continue with our mischief. That appears to be the picture we are seeing around the corridors of power and it is a very sad development for us,” the cleric said.
Describing the approval of gay marriage as evil, the Anglican Bishop explained that the scripture and even the African culture condemned homosexuality and gay marriage.
“A few years ago, we discovered that some sections of the Church, particularly, in the Western world began to toy with some sensitive aspects as regard the spirituality and doctrine of the Church; and the Church of Nigeria, you know, took their position on those issues, particularly the issue of human sexuality.
“The position of the Anglican Church, for instance, on this matter of homosexuality, lesbianism and the rest of them is that it is against scripture. Any arm or part of the Church worldwide that advocates it is breaching the provisions and tenets of the scripture.
“We cannot be in any form of relationship with such an arm of the body of Christ until proper positions are taken or reversed by those who advocate such,” he added.