The Province of Niger Delta Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has decried the general level of insecurity in the country.
The Archbishop of the Province. the Most Rev Tunde Adeleye who said this at the 2020, Joint Provisional Council Meeting, East of the Niger in Port Harcourt also decried the privalence of hunger in the land.
“ The Times are really evil. There is hunger in the land. There is insecurity, pains, sicknesses, restiveness attacks, religious bigotry, poverty and negligence of citizens by the government”.
The cleric said the situation is affecting the church and schools as most school children are out of school due to the inability of their parents to pay school fees.
“Many children are out of school because of inability of parents to pay school fees”
“The church is also suffering I do not know whether it is happening in all the parts of the country, but I do know that we have experienced a great downfall in our income generally on the church he said.
Earlier declaring the event opened the Chairman, Joint Provisional Council, East of the Niger. The Most Rev Cal A. Muduoma stressed the need for Nigerians to continue to pray for the parent of Rivers State and Nigeria.
“ We should keep praying for the state in particular and Nigeria in general for peace and justice to rule in the council.”
He also used the occasion to congratulate Governor Wike for his hard earned victory at the poll.
He said the success of the Joint Council Meeting was indication that things were returning to normalcy in Rivers State.
