The Anglican Diocese of Lagos Mainland has urged the Federal Government to end its unproductive face off with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). It called for a quick return of ‘our children to their universities that are truly centres of scholarship and excellence’.
The call came during first session of the sixth synod themed ‘Let the children come unto me-a look at Baptism and the Sunday school’.
The clerics argued that ‘children are gifts from God and it is our covenantal responsibility, as a family of the body of Christ, to nurture them train them from baptism to maturity for they need significant guidance and constant reinforcement in the life of faith’.
They called for more quality attention for children at home and in society to assure them a more secure future.
They also condemned recent ethno-religious killings in Sokoto and Anambra states, and called on Nigerians to learn to accommodate divergent religious beliefs and allow the rule of the law to decide the appropriate punishment for offenders.
They also called on religious leaders, particularly Christians and Muslims, to intensify their teachings on the need for peace, and the liability of their members who may resort to self-help.
They called on the Federal Government to rejig its security apparatus to make it serve the purpose of protecting the lives and properties of the citizens. “The military hierarchy needs to change its tactics and be politically liberated to meaningfully prosecute the war against renegade elements terrorising the citizenry, especially in the NorthEast and NorthWest,” they said in a statement.