2027: Anglican Church Urges INEC To Warn Politicians Against Premature Campaigns

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has called connected the caller president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, to instantly telephone politicians to bid and halt premature campaigns for the 2027 wide election.

The church, speaking done its women’s wing, expressed heavy interest that the aboriginal politicking was distracting office-holders from addressing the nation’s pressing governance and information crises.

The telephone was made by Mrs. Angela Eberechukwu Ndukuba, President of the Mother’s Union, Women’s Guild, Priceless Jewels, and Girls Guild, during her code astatine the 26th Annual Diocesan Women’s Conference, themed “The Unchangeable Promises of God: The Covenant-keeping God,” held connected Saturday successful Abuja.

“It is astonishing that our politicians astatine each levels are already engaging successful 2027 electoral run adjacent earlier their 2nd anniversary.

“We telephone connected the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to telephone the nation’s politicians to bid to look governance and adhere to electoral guidelines,” Mrs. Ndukuba said.

While congratulating the caller INEC boss, she added, “We commune that God volition usage him to bring sanity into our electoral system.”

While speaking connected the farmer-herder crisis, Ndukuba highlighted the gendered interaction of the violence, revealing, “Many women are acrophobic to spell to workplace successful galore parts of the state successful farming play for the fearfulness of being pack raped oregon adjacent losing their lives.”

She described the demolition of farms by cattle arsenic a precise wicked enactment and straight linked the clashes to the nation’s nutrient scarcity.

Mrs Ndukuba further said that successful immoderate communities, herders person occupied ancestral villages, forcing indigenes into Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps erstwhile determination is nary civilian war.

On the authorities of national roads, woman of the Anglican Primate was unequivocal, labelling them ‘like decease and kidnappers traps.’

She appealed to the curate of Works to guarantee roads person capable attraction and that operation is evenly done crossed the country.

While commending the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, for improvements wrong the The nation’s superior centre, she appealed for involution connected circumstantial roads, including the Idu-Zhidu Road and the inaccessible roadworthy starring to the Anglican International Academy.

On aviation, the religion called for regulatory oversight connected airfare pricing, noting that contempt the increasing fig of airlines, tickets stay “expensive and beyond the scope of debased income earners.”

Amidst the critique of nationalist affairs, Ndukuba encouraged the women to clasp onto God’s promises successful the look of adversity.

“With God, thing happens by accident. What you are experiencing contiguous whitethorn beryllium portion of the requirements for you to fulfil God’s intent and promises for your life,” she said.

The league besides featured moments of solemnity and celebration, acknowledging the status of respective clergymen, sympathising with those facing afflictions, and rejoicing with members who person received promotions and other blessings.