Bishop of Kaduna Diocese of the Church
of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Josiah Fearon, has lamented the low
turn-out of Christian worshippers to churches in Kaduna for Sunday
service.
He said many road blocks and security
check-points that people had to go through before getting to their
churches had discouraged many Christians.
Fearon, in his presidential address at
the Second Session of the 19th Synod on Friday in Kaduna, added that
many had resorted to worshipping at their homes rather than risk being
killed by insurgents.
The cleric noted that for the state to
overcome the security challenge, bombings must be stoppd, adding that
even “businesses have dropped and the level of living has also dropped
deeply in Kaduna.”
According to him, the effect of the
bombings in the state, followed by reprisals that affected the economic,
social and religious lives of the people of the state was gradually
ebbing.
The cleric noted that though confidence was returning, a significant part of the metropolis was still scared.
“Though church attendance is picking up,
we still do not have encouraging attendance at church activities as we
used to, and Sunday services are still not full,” he said.
He also decried the state of the nation,
particularly the security situation, saying Nigeria had yet to make any
significant move towards becoming a safe place to live.
Fearon said, “Today, this merciless
killing has become a part of us in the northern states of the country.
It has even degenerated further to the level of attacking villages and
killing human beings as if these evil men were hunting for animals in
their wild.
“These atrocities continue in spite of
pleas from religious individuals, various committees and leaders, both
national and international. Nigerians seem to be helpless and all they
can do is to wait ,pray and hope that this same God we all call upon
will bring this self-destructive path that has been enforced on the good
people of Nigeria in general, and the northern states in particular, to
an end.”
“Our hearts are bleeding in sympathy for
the families of those who have had to pay the price for religious and
political intolerance and bigotry in Nigeria. Also, do we feel pained by
those who have decided not to live by the principles of their religious
convictions, as well as those bent on using the name of God to destroy
an entire segment of a big and promising country.”
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The kaduna mayhems are being caused by the idiotic islamic politicians who have sworn never to allow any other tribe to lead them,forgetting that they are strangers. I thank God that those times are passing out little by little
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 6.25 am. I know y u making such comments. If Yakowa is on seat u wouldnt say so. He was de 1 masterminding it, can u tell me how many bombs exploded under dis govt ? Who are causing it? Let it b drumed into ur ears beta go nd read history of kaduna. Ur likes are brought 2 de city by must of us from de bushes nd shankees of katafs. See ur burkutu mouth!
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