From All Africa-
DIOCESE of Western Izon, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion has expressed worry over the continued devaluation of the naira, attributing it to the nation's unproductive attitude and the increasing rate of ritual killings across the country.
The Diocese also flayed the country's credibility rating on corruption by Transparency International, urging the federal government to take the anti-corruption crusade more seriously.
This was part of a 14-point communiqué at the end of its synod, held at the Cathedral Church of St. Mathew in Patani, Delta State, signed by Bishop of the Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Edafe Emamezi and the Synod Secretary, the Ven, Churchill Enoya and made available to Daily Champion in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
The communiqué said: " Nigeria 's credibility rating in the recent publication of Transparency International (TI)has plummeted from 121 position to 130 and the synod felt that this would decrease only if our leaders and people shunned corrupt practices and tendencies."
The Diocesan Communicator, Emma Okereke in a statement, therefore called for the diversification of the economy, pointing out that the nation's continued reliance on oil as the mainstay of its economy had become a hindrance to sustainable development.
Commending the current sanitisation of the banking industry, the synod frowns at victimization and any element of religious bias in the process, just as it lauded the amnesty programme of the apex government.
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