SENATE president, Senator David Mark, says religious leaders in the country have abandoned their primary responsibilities and resorted to extorting money from politicians, employing blackmail.
Mark speaking at the opening session of the 19th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Kaduna, said, "the corruption scourge that has blighted our country would have been non existent.
The truth of the matter is that our religious sermons on Fridays and Sundays have become mere messages of convenience.
"Parishioners often leave their places of worship looking more with their mouths while listening with their eyes.
Sometimes and without fear of being labeled heretic or uncharitable, public officials and politicians in Nigeria have been at the receiving end of an apparent blackmail emanating from our clergy. Daily, such officials are inundated with requests for financial aid which is way beyond our personal incomes and even where so provided, are above approved budgetary limits. And this demand cut across all religious bodies.
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