From Nigeria-A fresh crisis is now brewing between the Anglican Church and the Enugu State government over the withdrawal of schools initially handed back to the church by the state government.
Speaking during a joint press conference on Monday, the eight dioceses of Anglican Communion in Enugu state alleged that the state government
had withdrawn 54 primary schools and 10 secondary mission schools previously handed back to the church, whereas other churches have retained theirs.
The Church accused the government of what it perceived as partiality among church denominations in the state and asked the state government to
immediately resolve the impasse by returning all their original schools back to them.
The church represented by the eight Bishops of the dioceses in the state, led by the Archbishop of Enugu Province and Bishop of Oji-River
diocese, His Grace, Most Rev. Amos Madu, in a press conference yesterday, asked for the immediate sack of the state Commissioner for
Education, Dr. Simon Ortuanya, who they alleged was directly culpable for the “marginalization and humiliation” of the Anglican Church in the state.
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http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/06/25/anglican-church-battles-enugu-government-over-schools/
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