NIGERIA: The Diocese of Ijesa North (Anglican Communion) has called on President Bola Tinubu to address the security situation in the country.
The Church also cried out to President Tinubu over the increasing number of out-of-school children and the collapse of businesses due to worsening poverty, reports The Guardian.
These lamentations and pleas were made in a communiqué issued after the second session of the Fifth Synod of the Ijesa North Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), held at the Cathedral Church of St. Matthew, Ijebu-Jesa, from July 3 to 6, 2025.
The communique, issued today and signed by the Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Reverend Isaac Oluyamo, and the Chancellor of the Diocese, Chief Adeleke Agboola, urged President Tinubu to prioritise the interests of the citizens.
Praying that the president and his cabinet would make Nigeria great in their own time, the Church noted that the Synod appreciated Tinubu’s efforts, nonetheless.
“The Synod reminds President Bola Tinubu that the spate of killings and other criminal acts in our country is alarming, that most businesses have collapsed, and many children have dropped out of school due to lack of finance,” it disclosed.
According to the communique, the Synod urged all and sundry to return to the Lord, calling on youths to desist from “ungodly ways of amassing wealth and embrace the dignity of labour.”
It commended the governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, “for his dynamic leadership in the state, and for the projects that are ongoing in every nook and cranny of the state, as well as for the prompt payment of workers’ salaries.”
The communique disclosed that this year’s Synod theme is “A Sound of Abundant Rain (I Kings 18:41)” and added that the programme was witnessed by dignitaries from across the country, traditional rulers led by the host king, Oba Moses Olufemi Agunsoye, the Elegboro of Egboroland, political functionaries from within and outside Osun State, led by Governor Adeleke, represented by Eluwole Sunday Adedipo, the Commissioner for Education, along with some bishops, clergy, and church leaders from various denominations.
