17th December, 2012
The president of Christ Apostolic Mission Church, CAMC, Pastor Adesoji Ajayi has lamented the frightening and worsening cases of corruption in Nigeria.
Speaking at the church’s Diamond Jubilee Convention on Sunday at Abule Egba, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Ajayi said corruption among the elite, particularly government officials and politicians had become a serious problem in the nation.
According to him, any effort to curb corruption in the country must start with the leaders.
“Let us operate an open government by knowing the salaries and allowances of our political leaders in the three tiers of government. We are entitled to know. A lot of Nigerians will collapse if these figures are released,” he decried.
On insecurity, the cleric said the Federal Government needed to do more, saying that the horror being witnessed in the nation had traumatised everybody.
“We have a very close proximity to serious hostilities and anarchy. One of the contributory factors to insecurity is the high level of joblessness in the land.
“There is fire in the house and the Federal Government is trying to save the property and not the people. This approach can best be described as motion without movement.
“The invincibility of the security agencies will continue to be violently violated and shattered without jobs for the masses. We need to pray to God to move us from these hard times to good times,” Ajayi stated.
The cleric warned that crisis might erupt in the nation if the activities of Boko Haram were not curtailed, saying that government must take decisive action to end the reign of the Islamic extremists.
“Activities of Boko Haram in some Northern states are meant to harass the Christians out of these states. One may, therefore, say that the fate of the Christians in the North hangs in the balance,” he said.
Ajayi appealed to the Federal Government to declare a holiday for people to fast and pray for the success and progress of the nation.
—Kazeem Ugbodaga