Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Okigwe South, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha, has expressed worry over what he termed �the serious threat corruption is posing to our corporate existence as a nation�.
Rt. Rev. Onuoha made the lamentation in his address at the second session of the seventh synod of the diocese held at Saint Matthew�s Church, Umuezeala Nsu, Ehime Mbano local council area of Imo State.
�It is no longer news that our country sets a new record on this every year and all efforts at reducing the incidences of this national embarrassment succeeded only in the breach�, the bishop lamented.
He was particularly irked that the ever rising profile of corruption in the land means that the issue will remain in the public domain until a solution is found.
�The issue is not these mind-boggling annual revelations. What should disturb us as a nation are the denials, the rebuttals and deliberate refusal to acknowledge an obvious fact�, Onuoha said.
Continuing, the fiery Anglican cleric said: �What this clearly indicates is that this nation and her leaders are not in a hurry to fight this malaise. That we are in a society where funds meant for projects and services that will benefit all and make for national growth are brazenly stolen by a privileged few and still people from the same society appear to quarrel with views of massive corruption in Nigeria calls for a great concern�.
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