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Social Member
Bishop Leonard Nwoma Umunna is the General Overseer and the Presiding Bishop of Bible Life Church Cathedral (BLCC) which he founded in 1982 with headquarters in Ajegunle area of Lagos.
In an interview with Vanguard newspaper, he spok on several issues ranging from the still-captive Chibok girls and the Boko Haram situation.
He suggested that vice President Sambo might be in a vantage position to facilitate a fruitful negotiation with the terrorists.
He said, "So the opposition people are asking: ‘Why hasn’t government been able to do so in the case of these Chibok girls? If I were the president, the steps I would have taken in this matter would endear me to the people. In the Yar’Adua administration we heard that Jonathan, as vice president, had to go to the Niger Delta Creeks to pacify the then militants.
I don’t think the president has thought of drafting the vice president, Namadi Sambo to personally go to go speak to the Boko Haram members. That is what leadership is all about, sacrifice. I think measures must be put in place either in the constitution or wherever, that whosoever becomes governor or president must not politicise our lives. There are certain things that should not be brought under political interpretation at all.
The Constitution must compel elected public office holders to do certain things, take certain actions under certain circumstances even if it will involve their lives. This was why I felt unhappy when I heard that the recommendations of the National Conference would again be subjected to the Federal Executive Council. I said for what reason?
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Source: #Vanguard
In an interview with Vanguard newspaper, he spok on several issues ranging from the still-captive Chibok girls and the Boko Haram situation.
He suggested that vice President Sambo might be in a vantage position to facilitate a fruitful negotiation with the terrorists.
He said, "So the opposition people are asking: ‘Why hasn’t government been able to do so in the case of these Chibok girls? If I were the president, the steps I would have taken in this matter would endear me to the people. In the Yar’Adua administration we heard that Jonathan, as vice president, had to go to the Niger Delta Creeks to pacify the then militants.
I don’t think the president has thought of drafting the vice president, Namadi Sambo to personally go to go speak to the Boko Haram members. That is what leadership is all about, sacrifice. I think measures must be put in place either in the constitution or wherever, that whosoever becomes governor or president must not politicise our lives. There are certain things that should not be brought under political interpretation at all.
The Constitution must compel elected public office holders to do certain things, take certain actions under certain circumstances even if it will involve their lives. This was why I felt unhappy when I heard that the recommendations of the National Conference would again be subjected to the Federal Executive Council. I said for what reason?
Click here to read full Interview
Source: #Vanguard
