By Austin Ogwuda
“IF we need lasting solutions as a nation then citizenship engagements should be taken seriously and we must be able to deal with the issue of compromise”
These were the words of the National President of Men’s Missionary Union (MMU) of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Dr. Soye Peniel Asawo during a press conference as part of activities to mark the 44th National Congress of (MMU), and 3rd Leadership Summit at the secretariat of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria on Thursday.
Dr. Asawo made it clear that it will be difficult for leaders to follow the part of corruption if they do not have people cooperating with them, pointing out that someone who is not a public office holder cannot steal public funds if the Directors and those in charge of finance in the ministry do not cooperate with him.
According to him, some Nigerians do worst than what they accused the politicians of doing to their citizens and urged all parties to behave better and ensure they are not compromising in the spaces that God has put them to share the light wherever they are placed particularly to Christians.
“If you go out on Sundays every corner of the street is a church and then Monday to Friday you begin to wonder where are the Christians; the situation has gone bad that there is an urgent need for all to sit up and take morality seriously as a people and the need to positively engage the people”, he said.
He urged government to do something urgently to mitigate the situation of the economy particularly the naira devaluation, advocating that whatever policies government needed to initiate to ensure that the value of the naira is enhanced will be a welcome development.
“We don’t want to go into specifics of whether fuel subsidy or no subsidy. At the end of the day what Nigerians want is that they should be able to use their money to buy what they need.
“Otherwise, even the adjusted salary with the new minimum wage will definitely not take people home if the value of the Naira does not improve. So, whereas government is working out to attend to these issues we expect them to do more.
“So, we are calling on government to fight corruption and be seen to be fighting corruption as well as its twin, insecurity.
“These have remained a major challenge as farmers in many places cannot go to their farms. This has resulted to food scarcity and all other effects of travelling within unsafe zones. All these are major challenges and we expect government to fight all of these issues head on”, he stated.
The Men’s Missionary Union (MMU) is the ministry arm of the Baptist Church that takes care of the men and boys ministry.
The National Congress is an annual event that comprises over 30 conferences across the 36 states of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory .
The National Congress of the Nigerian Baptist Convention Men’s Missionary Union (MMU) and 3rd Leadership Summit which commenced from Tuesday August 20th ended today, Friday August 23rd 2024.
