Mbaka Condemns Biafra Protest

Mbaka made the condemnation in Enugu on Saturday
in a sermon at his weekly Adoration Ministry. The cleric urged youths
in the South East and South-
South to go back to their business as the protest could
lead to their death. "Locking up your shops and disrupting economic
activities will not add any naira to your pocket,
whatever grievance you have could be resolved
through dialogue,'' the cleric said. He lambasted those leaders that
were behind the
agitation and protests, saying that they should use
their children for the struggle. Mbaka commended President Muhammadu Buhari for
appointing ministers from the zone and assigning
them with good portfolios. "President Buhari's action has proven that the
South East has not been marginalized. I would have
reacted if no minister emerged from the zone,'' he
said. He said that the five states in the zone had minister
each as prescribed by the Nigerian constitution as
well as other key security and protocol officers that
serves under president and his wife. The reverend father attributed
the recent free health
screening initiative by the Wife of the president, Mrs
Aisha Buhari, in Enugu to her love for the people of the
region. He blamed the Igbo leaders for not living up to the
expectation of the people in the area, adding that past
governors, National Assembly members failed
woefully in discharging their mandates. "President Buhari is not the
cause of poor roads,
unemployment and other decay infrastructures in the
south east, we should blame our leaders. "Most of the roads had been
awarded but our
leaders squandered the fund, even the university
teaching hospital in Enugu is a no-go-area and our
leaders are not concerned about it," he said. Mbaka called on the new
Minister of Labour and
Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, to use his office to
employ youths in the zone, adding that it would stop
what he called another Boko Haram in the south east
if not curtailed. He praised Buhari's war against corruption, saying it
had enthroned due process and sanity in governance. The cleric,
however, urged Nigerians to be patient
with the president as he had good plans for the
country.