The Archbishop of the Aba Ecclesiastical Province and leader of the Southern Nigeria Bishops Conference, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Dr. Isaac Nwaobia, has expressed his disappointment and concern over the current state of the nation.
In an interview with Ogbonnaya Ndukwe of the SUN Newspapers, the cleric stated that the country is on a downward slide, with no clear solutions in sight.
When asked if he sees any signs of the present government being on course to repair the country, Archbishop Nwaobia replied, “I still maintain that there is no hope, because up till this moment, the president and his men have not laid any good foundation for such a programme.”
He further stated, “Like I said earlier, if he had at the point of assuming office, provided solutions on ways of revamping the economy, like proposals to build new refineries, repair the ones that are not in use, among other things that will boost the economy before subsidy removal, there’ll be hope. Now, we are just managing here, there, failing here, swapping there, making it here and losing there. Just trial and error is what we are doing both in the national economy and people’s individual lives.”
Archbishop Nwaobia emphasized that the leadership has not shown any seriousness for improvement, leading to a state of hopelessness.
He urged the Bola Tinubu administration to take concrete steps to address the country’s economic woes, including the continuous slide of the Naira against the American dollar, which has brought untold hardships to Nigerians.
