The renowned Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka of the Roman Catholic Church has joined the teeming Nigerians in complaining about the economic situation of the country.
Recall that Fr. Mbaka played a role in the 2015 general election when he was said to have blessed former President Goodluck Jonathan only to later retract and give his blessings and enormous support to President Buhari, the then All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.
The whole saga, which later escalated into accusations and counter-accusations by both Fr. Mbaka and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saw him being transfered from the popular Adoration center to a remote village by the Bishop of the Enugu Catholic Diocese.
A video clip of his recent sermon going viral online shows Fr. Mbaka using all manner of adjectives to qualify the living condition of Nigerians.
The Catholice Priest, who is a supporter of President Buhari, said that his job is to tell the leaders the truth.
According to him, (Fr. Mbaka) he is speaking out of the Spirit and in this present government:
"The landlords are crying, tenants are lamenting. Sellers are crying, buyers are lamenting."
"There is hunger on the streets. Many students are being rusticated out of the schools because they can't pay for school fees as the school fees are being hiked. Proprietors are distressed"
"Many companies are winding up. The economy is hard. Nigeria is being attacked ferociously."
Fr. Mbaka, who said he cannot keep quiet when things are going wrong because the church members are the citizens who are under attack, suggested that "the President should please look around himself and know those advising him and those telling him there is no trouble, that he should know that there is trouble and if things continue like this, in the next election nobody will vote for him."
He added that he is giving Mr. Buhari the raw truth whether they like it or not. "If the President would have somebody like me and I cannot be talking to him, then there is a problem somewhere."
"Somebody who can advise you without asking for anything and he is representing the poor masses in the country; he won't tell you lies. He will praise you when you are doing well and when you are not doing well he will look at your face and tell you."
"People are smelling of suffering. To feed is now a problem and a hungry man is an angry man. Hunger and anger will lead to danger."
The outspoken Catholic Priest urged Mr. President to empower people as people are not empowered and to do away with some of the advisers around him and bring in experts gifted in economic revamp.
The death rate is high, if you go to mortuaries there are little spaces to bring in dead bodies yet they (government) keep saying it shall be well, when will it be well, is it when the citizens are in their graves? He asked.
According to Fr. Mbaka, the government is simply busy doing nothing.
"They are seen walking around a vicious circle planning and planning and planning."
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