Re-visit 2014 national conference report, Bishop Ajakaye tells FG

THE Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Reverend Felix Femi Ajakaye, has urged the Federal Government to re-visit the 2014 National Conference report, saying the report contained answers to some problems bedeviling the country at this period.

Bishop Ajakaye made call in his homily at a mass to celebrate the 51st World Communications Day at the Catholic Diocese of Ekiti, on Sunday.

Bishop Ajakaye at the mass held at the St Patrick’s Cathedral, Ado Ekiti, said the report, if implemented, would address numerous problems, including the problem of regions threatening the coexistence of the country.

Ajakaye added that the conference report had solutions to issues relating to true federalism and numerous other issues threatening the cooperate existence of Nigeria, saying the panacea to these problems was in the conference report, saying the Federal Government must revisit it to nip in the bud, the many groups agitating for self-independent and recognition in the country.

The cleric said: “The report of the 2014 national conference is a way of moving our country forward. It is a pointer to how we can achieve true federalism. We must revisit that conference report as a panacea to the numerous agitations bedeviling our country.”

Presenting Pope Francis’ message for the day, with the theme:  “Fear not, for I am with you (Is. 43:5)”z entitled “Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time,” Bishop Ajakaye urged newsmen in the country to project more of good news than bad news.

According to him, “to engage in constructive forms of communication that rejects prejudice towards others and foster a culture of encounter, helping all to view the world around us with realism and trust.

“We have to break the vicious circle of anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting from a constant focus on “bad news” (wars, terrorism, scandals and all sorts of human failure).”

The cleric noted that all newsmen must work at overcoming that feeling of growing discontent and resignation that can at times generate apathy, fear or the idea that evil has no limits.

Bishop Ajakaye, who commended the Federal Government and the Ekiti State government for honouring the late General Adeyinka Adebayo, said they should also revisit the issue the late Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, who, he said “worked hard and sacrificed his life for the unity of the country.”

He said: “We must also recognise the late Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi. We must not forget that man. He sacrificed his life for the unity of this country. It must not be Fajuyi Park alone.”