Anglican priest decries increasing hardship in Nigeria, tasks leaders to be humble

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Rev. Ossy Oguaka

By Alphonsus Nweze, Onitsha

An Anglican priest, Rev Ossy Oguaka, has raised alarm over the increasing poverty and suffering in the country, warning that Nigeria might be heading to anarchy if something drastic is not done urgently.

He said the rate of hunger and suffering in the country is almost becoming unbrearable to the citizens, lamenting that people are daily dying because of increasing hunger and poverty in the land.

The priest also who spoke in Onitsha, the Anambra State said crime and societal ills have been on the astronomical increase due to hardship being experienced by the citizens.

Rev. Oguaka then called on political class to show dual qualities of love and humility by taking care of the masses that elected them.

Stressing that love and humility are the hallmarks of servant leadership as demonstrated by Jesus Christ, Rev Oguaka said if only Nigerian leaders can be as humble and loving as Jesus Christ was to the people the current hardship would not so devastating as it is.

Unfortunately, said the cleric, our leaders are “mindless and insensitive, they don’t posses any iota of humility and love for the people and that is has been the major cause of leadership crisis Nigerians”.

He reminded christians that Easter which they just celebrated was the root of Christianity because according to him, if Jesus did not die and ressurect, Christianity would have been like any other religion in the world.

“But Jesus is the only head of any religious body in this world who died and ressurrected. No other religious leader has done that. I tell My members, you are on the right course because when they die, they will ressurrect at the last day to reign in glory with Jesus,” Rev. Oguaka said.

He then charged christians to follow the steps of Jesus by being humble and loving because God resisted the proud and gives grace to the humble, saying that men of God need to teach their members this rudiments of christianity.