The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, has urged Nigerians to see the 2019 elections as ample opportunity to elect competent, credible and God-fearing leaders for good governance. According to Dailypost, the Cleric made the call in his New Year message to Nigerians
. He admonished Nigerians not to sit on the fence but be active players in order to make meaningful input in determining their destinies and those of their children.
“In the coming year, our message to Nigerians is that of hope for a better country. “But this can only be achievable if every eligible voter utilises their PVC’s rightly to elect only God fearing and credible leaders who will serve the interests of Nigerians and not their own primordial interests.
“We are appealing to Nigerians to see the forthcoming elections as a wake-up call to do the needful by making their votes count, by so doing we can collectively work towards entrenching good governance and better quality of lives for all Nigerians,” he said.
“The year 2018 has truly not lived up to expectation for majority of Nigerians owing to gross insecurity across the country and less-than-average performance of the economy.
“The results of these have been increased insecurity, unnecessarily killings, unemployment, incessant strike actions and lower quality of lives for the masses.
“We believe most of these are caused by human negligence without the enforcement of appropriate penalties by the law enforcement agencies against those found wanting.
“We believe all these can better be addressed if the law enforcers can work more dispassionately; those saddled with the task of governance are more alive to their responsibilities and for Nigerians to hold their leaders accountable for their lapses,” he said.
