{"id":62914,"date":"2018-07-10T19:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62914"},"modified":"2018-07-10T19:29:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T18:29:43","slug":"officials-of-government-in-nigeria-are-looters-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/officials-of-government-in-nigeria-are-looters-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials of government in Nigeria are looters- clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Officials of government in Nigeria has been accused of alleged looting of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the nations treasury, resulting to the failure of government in power to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">pay salaries to workers and pensioners across the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">This was made known by the prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, His<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">eminence, Dr Emeka kanu Uche, which according to him only few are adjudged<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to be free.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said this while delivering a\u00a0 sermon during the burial of Pa William<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ibekwe Agupusi, the father of the Bishop of Methodist church Umuahia east<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Diocese, Rt. Rev. Godfrey Agupusi which took place at Ihube-ikigwe, Imo<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He blamed the increasing sufferings, hunger and non payment of salaries to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">workers in Nigeria on godfathers who goes to government house every moment<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to collect money from the government in power.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The prelate who spoke on the theme titled &#8220;finishing well&#8221; called on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">politicians and all well meaning Nigerians to imbibe good character and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">eschew all forms of evil, such that God will elongate their lives as done<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to Pa Williams who lived for 111 years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The clergy who described Pa Williams Agupusi as a man with good principles<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and cheerful heart, noted that he lived his life very well and ended well.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Instead of them to pay workers salaries,\u00a0 They prefer to have so many<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">godfathers who goes to government house to collect money. So, if you<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">collect that money, you have become a looter. Both of them are now looters<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of government treasury.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They go to government house to loot and so, the Local government workers,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">pensioners, teachers and Principals will not be paid for many months.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This attitudes is irrelevant, nonsensical, and idiotic. They are doing<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that because they are not preparing for eternity&#8221; he stated.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Responding, the Bishop Rt. Rev. Godfrey Agupusi also called on politicians<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to serve the nation and the people with good heart and eschew all forms of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">bad character that would endanger the progress of the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He noted that his late father, Pa Williams served his community and church<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">with good heart, which according to him, was what elongated his life to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the tune of 111 years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In attendance includes; over twenty Bishops from all parts of the country,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">over forty Reverend Minister&#8217;s, Governor of Ebonyi state represented by<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">his SSG Dr. Hygnus Nwokwu, former Deputy governor and Vice chancellor of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ebonyi state Univarsity, Prof Chigozie Ogbu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Others include, representative of the former governor of Abia state<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Theodore Orji, some prominent Traditional rulers from the S-east and S-<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">south geopolitical zones among others.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials of government in Nigeria has been accused of alleged looting of the nations treasury, resulting to the failure of government in power to pay salaries to workers and pensioners&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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