Cleric Tasks Leaders On Economy

The new Archbishop of the
Methodist Diocese of Enugu, Most Rev. Chris Edeh, has urged the country’s leaders to pay more attention to the diversification of its economy.
The cleric gave the advice in Enugu, last Thursday while briefing journalists on the state of the nation.
He said there was the need for Nigerians and all political leaders to stop paying lip service to economic diversification.
“I call on all leaders in various positions in Nigeria to rise up to the urgent need to reinvent this new Nigeria.
“We need to diversify our economy and employ the depleting oil revenue toward building a more enduring economic resource base for our nation,” he said.
The Archbishop said that agriculture must form the bedrock of the nation’s economy for industrial take-off.
He said the transformation agenda of the present administration required the efforts, dedication, commitment, support, understanding and hard work of all Nigerians to be actualised.
The cleric urged Christians to continue to pray for the country and contribute their quota in national development.
He also pleaded with ASUU to call off its five-month-old strike in the interest of the students, peace and development of the country.
He commended the Enugu state government for its enhancement of infrastructures and for being the most peaceful state in the country.
A retired Archbishop of the diocese, Rev. Ebere Nze, appealed to the media practitioners to be part of the church and report objectively, saying that people relied so much on them.