FG not telling Nigerians truth about state of nation ― Methodist Bishop

The Bishop of Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Remo Central in Ogun State, Rt. Rev. Olu Akinola, has posited that the Federal Government is not telling Nigerians the truth about the state of the nation.

The clergyman who spoke during his sermon at the burial and outing service of Madam Felicia Ambali, the mother of Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Politics, Hon. Biyi Adeleye, held at Isara-Remo, said the reality of what is happening in the country, is different from what the government is telling Nigerians.

While noting that truthfulness is no longer the order of the day, the bishop urged the Federal Government to tell the citizens the truth in order for the people to know where to support the government.

He said: “The Lord said the truth is not prevailing in our country again. Unfortunately for us, our leaders are not saying the truth. We don’t know the state of our economy. We don’t know the state of security. We don’t know the state of education. We don’t know the state of health in the country. They will tell us something but what is going in the grassroots is different from what is happening.

“I just want to plead to all the people that are leading us, from the local government to the federal government, they should tell us the true situation of things because what we are seeing is different from what they are telling us. Let them be faithful to the people that voted them there, so we may know where we need to support them.

“If they don’t take care of the elderly, when they become the elders, nobody will take care of them. In fact, we don’t need the commission to take care of the elderly, the government must take it as responsibility. If we want to take care of the elderly, pay the pensioners, if we also pay the workers and the pensioners, each family will take care of their elders.”

In his remarks, Governor Abiodun who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Tokunbo Talabi, described the deceased as a great woman whose seed is part of the pillars of the current administration in the state.

While commiserating with the children and the family, Abiodun urged them to take solace in the fact that their mother lived a good life.

The deceased’s son, Adeleye, said the society and the government at all levels must take care of elderly who have paid their dues to the development of the country, noting that a commission to look into the welfare of the elderly in society is something government should take seriously.

He further described her mother as a great and hard-working woman who will be greatly missed by all.

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