Pope Francis must hear this Don condemns N335m budget for bishop’s consecration on July 10, 2013 at 5:00 pm in Worship By Sam Eyoboka A FEW days after the installation of a Catholic bishop for the university town of Nsukka in Enugu State, a senior lecturer with the University of Nigeria in the town, Dr. Tony Nwaezeigwe has expressed displeasure over the huge budget expended on the pro-ject, accusing the church lead-ership of insensitivity. Dr. Nwaezeigwe, a Senior Research Fellow at UNN’s Institute of African Studies, wondered why the Catholic Church which often frowns at the high level corruption in the current government should budget a whooping N335 million for the installation of a new bishop for Nsukka Diocese. *Bishop Godfrey Igwebuike Onah of Nsukka Diocese being crowned by His Eminence, John Cardinal Olorunfemi Onaiyekan. PHOTO: HILL EZEUGWU In a statement made available to Vanguard, the lecturer wondered if the Church leadership is on the same page with “its teaming masses? Otherwise, why should the church budget a whooping N335 million to install a new bishop of Nsukka Diocese, as recently announced by Chief Nnia Nwodo? More embarrassing: “What is even more embarrassing is that Chief Nwodo stated that the said amount was meant to feed 50 bishops and about 1,000 priests at the occasion. This is without re-gard that the about 10-kilometer road linking Nsuk-ka, the seat of Diocese and Lejja, the hometown of the retiring bishop, Dr. Francis Okobo, which also hosts a Federal Girls Government College has defied all prayers, both political and spiritual to let it have a taste of modern macadamized thoroughfare since the coming of colonial masters,” he stated. According to Dr. Nwae-zeigwe, the church could have used a considerable chunk of the amount to fix the Nsukka-Lejja road as a bequeathing legacy for His Lordship, Bishop Francis Okobo. “This is not a question of government responsibility, because if town development unions and non- governmental agencies could partner with the government in providing social amenities for the people, then nothing stops the church from doing same. “The installation of the new bishop for the Nsukka Catholic Diocese should have therefore been an occasion for the total reorientation of the church leadership in line with the circumstantial needs of the people, both in political and socio-economic terms.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:10:22 +0000
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