Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as the most corrupt in the country’s history.
On Monday evening, Chukwuma addressed to journalists in Enugu, labeling the Buhari administration a failure in the anti-corruption campaign.
The cleric expressed regret that a government that was elected on the premise of fighting corruption and improving the economy had exacerbated the country’s situation.
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He said, “When Buhari was coming in, he promised change, we embraced him, but rather than what was promised to Nigerians, what we are seeing is worse.
“Corruption has gone to a high level. There is too much embezzlement and money laundering under this government.
“Corrupt officials who are indicted and arrested are not being imprisoned, even those that were imprisoned by the last administration have been granted pardon.
“We were told about billions of recovered loot, where is it? That’s why I said the government is too corrupt. They are re-looting recovered money.”
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the Buhari administration earlier this year pardoned two former State governors who were imprisoned for squandering public funds.
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Between 1999 and 2007, former governors Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and Jolly Nyame of Taraba State controlled their respective states.
They were among the 159 guilty individuals granted pardons by the Council of State in April of this year.
The situation, according to Archbishop Chukwuma, is a clear evidence that the government is not devoted to fighting corruption.
He also chastised the government for the country’s spiraling inflation, stressing that necessary items had become far beyond the grasp of the common man.
“Inflation is now too high like never before. A litre of petrol is now sold between N250 and N300.
“Salaries are not being paid; many States are yet to implement minimum wage.
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“Brain drain is on the highest level, medical officials especially have all deserted the country and the government is just moving on as though everything is normal.
“The only interest of this government is on taking loans everyday, we don’t know how the debt will be paid; we are not even seeing what they are doing with the loans.
“Oil theft has worsened. The vessel that was discovered, why should it be set ablaze, destruction of evidence. Some people are supposed to be fired for doing that but nothing has happened,” he lamented.
On the 2023 general elections, Chukwuma advised the electorate “to look out for people with pedigree to bring us out of this mess. We are in slavery of corruption, slavery of insecurity, slavery of collapsed education, slavery of inflation and bad economy.
“It is so disturbing, people are even sceptical that the election will not be held. We should pray for God’s intervention.
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“All old politicians should step aside, they have nothing to offer. We want a new wine in a new wine skin.”
He, however, charged Nigerians not to despair but to remain prayerful.
“As we begin Advent, approach Christmas and New Year, it has become pertinent for me to release this message.
“Nigerians should move closer to God and trust him for an intervention. Let us work together to make Nigeria great.”
Meanwhile, he denounced the attack on some communities in Eha-Amufu, in Enugu State’s Isi-Uzo Local Government Area, which left numerous people dead.
While accused some security personnel of obstructing Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s efforts, he urged the immediate resignation of the State’s security chiefs.
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“Some of these security men are not helping us, they appear to be sympathetic to those killing our people,” he alleged.
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