Corruption Among Top Government Officials Is Suffocating – Ngozi Okorafor, Wife, Anglican Bishop, Egbu Diocese

By George Best Okoroh

President of the Women’s Ministry in  the  Anglican Diocese of Egbu  Mrs Ngozi Okorafor has urged Government at various levels to take decisive actions to remedy the economic hardship in the country.

She also noted that recently as a show of the people’s resentment there was a 10 day protest against bad government which highlighted some of the factors that contribute to poverty in Nigeria.

The Wife of the Bishop  observed that Nigeria, described as the poorest nation in the world, is bedeviled with varying degrees of vices including unemployment among young graduates, corruption in high places, especially among political office holders, incuding top government functionaries and officials who  embezzle public funds and convert them to personal use.

Other unpleasant factors that led to the protests were non-diversification of the economy, income inequality and  laziness, especially among those who come from wealthy  families.

Mrs Okorafor who expressed these views in her Presidential Address to the 29th  Diocesan  Women’s Conference holding at Jehovah Jireh Anglican Church, Trans Egbu Owerri North LGA, Imo State, commended

the Imo State Government for the successes and challenges it encountered during its first four years, expressing  the hope that the government will address areas of deficiency in this second term .

On the theme of her address aptly titled  ‘ Come Let Us Cast Lots’ Jonah 1:7-8a, the Bishop’s Wife explained that though God is mercyful He is a consuming fire whose divine instructions and commandments are sacrosanct.

The society, she noted is full of evils, kidnapping, terrorism and the likes because people lack love. She  stressed that the Church has greater responsibilities to be more caring.