Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Maximum Rev. Godfrey Onah, has raised the alarm over what he described as Nigeria’s float right into a one-party state, caution that the rustic now has just one functioning arm of presidency.
Bishop Onah spoke on Thursday at a public serve as in Enugu, the place he lamented the wave of defections and the cave in of opposition events into the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
“Progressively, the entire events, the entire different events, are collapsing into one occasion. We do not need political events in accordance with ideologies. We now have platforms for purchasing into energy, ultimate in energy and getting access to public price range,” he stated.
In step with him, the worst drawback isn’t even the one-party dominance however the cave in of tests and balances.
“The worst drawback is that there are now not 3 fingers of presidency. There’s now just one arm of presidency – the manager. The manager has sucked up each the judiciary and the legislature,” Bishop Onah declared.
He challenged federal lawmakers to turn out him incorrect through preventing what he known as the over the top borrowing of over N40 trillion already budgeted to finance the deficit.
He additionally likened Nigerian politicians to “fluid and gasoline transferring between tanks with out go back valve,” pronouncing they transfer from PDP to APC to ADC with out ideology, whilst Nigerians queue within the solar to vote for them, caution that if the fashion continues, democracy in Nigeria dangers turning into simply ceremonial.