From TCNEWS
The junior synod of the Anglican communion, Diocese of Umuahia, has called for the implementation of reforms that would enhance professionalism, accountability, and transparency within law enforcement agencies.
The synod also passionately requested President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to unconditionally release the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who they said has been under detention despite being cleared of all his charges by a Court of competent jurisdiction.
Reading a Presidential address at the ongoing 1st session of the 11th synod at All Saints Church World Bank Housing Estate Umuahia World Bank Archdeaconry, Abia State, the junior synod President, Mr. Michael Chinedu Ahamefula, encouraged the government to strengthen intelligence gathering capabilities and coordination among security agencies and invest in the training, equipping, and modernizing the Nigeria Police Force, the military and other security agencies to effeciently combat insurgencies, terrorism, banditry, and other forms of crimes.
Pix: Form right: The junior synod President, Mr. Michael Chinedu Ahamefula,
The President also reeled out the potential strategies to addressing specifically insecurity in Nigeria to include: addressing the root cause; Community engagement; promotion of dialogue and reconciliation; regional cooperation; investing in education and social services and infrastructural development.
He decried that economic instability; high unemployment rates; insecurity; inadequate infrastructure; perversive corruption; inadequate resources and skilled personnel in the health sector; inadequate funding, low quality teaching and infrastructural deficiencies in the education sector have remained the major challenges faced by the masses in Nigeria.
“The southeast region of Nigeria has historically faced political marginalization, characterized by a perceived lack of representation and equitable distribution of resources at the national level. Some key aspects of political marginalization in the southeast include: underrepresentation in government; resource allocation, electoral marginalization and ethnic and religious tensions”, Mr. Ahamefula observed, even as he recommended that fostering dialogue and understanding between ethnic and religious groups remained crucial for building a more cohesive and inclusive Nigerian Society.
He further stated that the right decision made by the Abia electorate in the 2023 governorship election, which produced Governor Alex Otti,has yielded a massive positive turn around in the state.