Methodist Church tasks FG on N/Delta peace talks

By CALEB AYANSINA

ABUJA – The Methodist Church Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to redouble its efforts in restoring peace in the Niger Delta by sustaining the ongoing peace talks in the region.

The Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, the Most Rev. Joseph Oche Job said this became necessary as other forceful methods used by the government proved abortive.

Job, who stated this at the present-ation of the communiqué issued at the end of the 23rd Diocesan Synod of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Abuja, at Cathedral of Unity Wuse, Abuja, noted that as the situation is now, the country needs peace in the Niger Delta region to survive.

“The synod observed that the economic recession of the nation and prayed that government should do all to restore the economic stability of the nation within possible time to cushion the suffering of the masses,” the cleric said.

He maintained that it is barbaric for government to refuse the people the wages for their labour, while watching them die of hunger, insisting that the government must diversify to increase its internally generated revenue. According to him, the federal government must give urgent attention to the unpaid worker salaries and pensions.

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