Priest Tasks Jonathan On Infrastructural Dev

The  President, Dr.  Goodluck Jonathan,  has been charged  to take  issues relating to infrastructural development in Nigeria very seriously as he takes over the nation’s  mantle of leadership in the next four years, come May 29.

A Catholic priest, Monsignor Jeffery Ogbuene, of the Enugu Diocese, who gave the charge while speaking to newsmen in Enugu   listed some of the critical  areas  the Federal Government should Pay special  attention to, to  include  power, health, education,  water, security,  and youth empowerment.

According to  Ogbuene, who is the parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic church, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu, no  economy could succeed without the above mentioned   infrastructures, especially power.

The man of God, however, expressed regret that successive administrations in the country only paid lip services  to  problems confronting Nigeria as a nation,  rather than addressing them.

“Government at all levels in Nigeria  must take the issue of provision of basic amenities to the people very serious.  As a nation with abundant natural and human resources, what Nigeria needs is just prudent management of the God-given wealth”, he said.

He, therefore,  charged president Jonathan not to let the people who overwhelmingly voted him into office  during the last Presidential election  down, stressing that the only way to show appreciation to the electorate is by “fixing every sector of the country’s   economy with a view to alleviating the suffering of the poor masses”.

On the post election violence that recently rocked some  Northern parts of the country, claiming  dozens of human lives , the clergy  man  condemned it,    advising  the perpetrators of the  act to turn a new leaf, saying violence does no nation any good.

He  enjoined   Nigerians to learn how  to  co-habit, and at the same time  be their brothers keeper, as they   live together  irrespective of tribe, religion and political affiliations.

While applauding the Prof. Jega-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for a job well done during the 2011 general polls, the Catholic  priest also  urged the Federal Government to handle the current heated political situation with caution, saying  that  the use of  force do not yield positive result all the time.