Prof. Chuks Eboka is the Nationwide President of Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF). On this interview with MICHAEL EGBEJULE, he spoke on state of the country and why voters will have to call for just right governance from leaders.
What’s the imaginative and prescient and undertaking of the Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF)?
The Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF) is a trans-denominational faith-based organisation with chapters in lots of states of the Federation. We’re a bunch of intellectually provided Christians with the capability to definitely have an effect on our society and the sector at massive. Our religious and ability building is a made of our in-depth Bible research and discussions with the emphasis in their applicability to sensible dwelling. 
Vocational coaching of contributors and common intercession for the Church and the Nigerian country additionally shape a part of our common actions. We stock our missionary mandate via large e-newsletter and printing of Christian tracts.
How would you react to the new bloodbath of non violent worshippers in Owo Ondo State?
The hot killing on the Owo Catholic Church in Ondo State has turn out to be worrisome to many. How did we discover ourselves on this alarming lack of confidence? Firstly, the Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship, like many different Nigerians, have been once more surprised and traumatised via the scoop of the wanton killings within the Church. Lifeless our bodies of women and men, girls and boys have been performed of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State like butchered cows from the slaughter Space. For the way lengthy must we are living with this carnage?
This has came about over and over, with lives of Nigerians being on the mercy of Boko Haram, killer herdsmen and the so-called bandits. We’re grieved that there’s now not secure position in our nation lately. Nigerians can’t cross to church to worship and really feel secure; they can’t go back and forth via highway and via teach in protection. Blameless lives are being wasted on a daily basis. We name on President Buhari to urgently arrest this headlong descent into anarchy. We refuse to consider that our Army is not able to successfully rein in those that are terrorising our folks; sufficient is sufficient.
Many have known as for a constitutional overview as some way of arresting the location within the nation. Do you subscribe to that too?
In the previous couple of years, notable Nigerians, outstanding students, company chieftains, Afenifere, Ohaneze, the Pan-Niger Delta Discussion board (PANDEF), the Heart Belt Discussion board, the Northern Elders Discussion board, Nigerian Christian Elders Discussion board, a number of different regional teams, the media, faith-based organisations, in addition to the world neighborhood have expressed nice fear over the fragility and precariousness of the situation in our country. The dominant view for plenty of of those teams is the pressing want for constitutional overview to permit the country enjoy a rebirth via some type of restructuring or a referendum.
Different resonant calls are for useful resource regulate, fiscal federalism, in addition to self-determination. Many of those calls for have been made via interviews, newspaper articles, letters, social media and protest slogans. A cautious find out about of those agitations and calls for for the overhaul of the country clearly displays that majority of our voters need actual alternate to advance the country on all fronts. From lack of confidence to in truth securing lives and assets within the nation, from starvation/poverty to meals safety/wealth advent, from a deficient and educationally vulnerable to educationally sturdy nation… with a purpose to succeed in the lofty United Countries (UN) goals encapsulated within the Sustainable Construction Targets (SDGs).
Amidst those plethora of critiques within the public sphere was once one expressed in a up to date e-newsletter titled: The egg is set to be damaged once more, which went viral. Lots of the sensible answers proffered via folks and teams referred to above are in tandem with the placement of a number of different individuals and organisations, together with ours.
How has the Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF) contributed in proffering answers to those issues bedeviling the rustic?
Following the depressive situation in our country, the NCGF just lately convened a countrywide circle of relatives assembly the place it tested present nationwide problems in a sensible, scholarly and solution-driven consultation. The theory is to offer a transparent resolution to Nigeria’s now often-asked query: Which manner Nigeria? The assembly, which additionally introduced a just right framework in opposition to discovering a approach to the prevailing political debacle within the nation got here up with the next resolutions: As Nigeria heads in opposition to 70 years of independence, there’s surely an pressing want for a go back to true federalism and nationalism as was once practiced within the First Republic earlier than the January 1966 Army incursion. Given all of the signs, this provide construction isn’t operating and, certainly, can’t paintings. It’s, due to this fact, expedient to unbundle Nigeria for environment friendly and efficient efficiency as the present construction has failed. 
A safe and equitable surroundings must, due to this fact, be supplied urgently totally free and truthful elections to be carried out. At the moment, unfastened and truthful elections to provide credible management isn’t most likely given the prevailing instances within the country.
Forward of the 2023 common elections, are you positive that we can get issues proper this time?
The Re-Paintings Eminent Personalities Crew – REPT must be set as much as type out some way ahead between now and the overall elections. This must assist to stem the rising tide of agitations and lack of confidence and supply a context through which unfastened and truthful elections may also be carried out. Handiest credible folks with confirmed integrity of their private and non-private lives, and with democratic credentials must be selected to serve at the crew.
The Re-Paintings Eminent Personalities Crew – REPT must be charged with the certain transformation of Nigeria. The Elite must unite and strengthen this relied on crew of fellows, ladies and teenagers with a countrywide aspiration time table to in reality make Nigeria paintings. The Crew must even be guided via the 2014 Nationwide Convention Record, in addition to different studies (e.g. Justice Uwais Committee) whose suggestions comprise parts that will assist chart a brand new and revolutionary route for our nation.
Laying the background totally free and truthful elections contains being attentive to the plea and cry of the South East for justice. The Southwest must recall how different nationalities sympathised with them resulting in the emergence of Common Obasanjo as a balm on their wound after the annulment of the June 12 Election. The South-South must remember the fact that they simply passed over to Buhari.
The warning-cry of a few of our elder statesmen, together with Leader E. Okay. Clark and Leader Ayo Adebanjo, must be heeded within the curiosity of justice and peace. There are nonetheless some dependable individuals throughout celebration strains who may also be observed to be competent and really succesful applicants and can give just right management for the rustic at this day and age even from the South East. Thus, that area must no longer be dominated out of the scheme of items. We reject any try to foist on Nigerians clueless presidential applicants who clearly don’t have anything to supply on this virtual age.
Out of your remark, do you assume the rustic is shifting in the proper course this present day?
The time is past due to harness Nigeria’s sources correctly, starting together with her huge human sources of technocrats and teeming early life inhabitants for just right governance. The Nigerian elite ought to understand and agree {that a} crew of attorneys must no longer cross to courtroom and argue in favour of homicide and jungle justice, in terms of Deborah Samuel if Nigeria is to make development. Any aspirant for any political place of business, particularly the Presidency, who can’t take a public stand at the charter, isn’t are compatible to guide.
So, what’s the best way out of the commercial woes dealing with the rustic?
Excitement with out productiveness has ruined our financial system and is ruining our early life inhabitants. Jumbo salaries are being paid to unproductive political place of business holders who fail to make regulations consistent with just right governance. They don’t seem to be developing jobs, however moderately inflicting industries to close down and making Nigeria a rustic with probably the most best unemployment charges on this planet. Our younger persons are, due to this fact, turning to cybercrime and different illicit techniques of earning profits like kidnapping for ransom. The continuing closure of our universities is vexatious and counter-productive in our quest for a really perfect country.
Different international locations who had effectively controlled their an identical heterogeneous cultural and spiritual configurations and made development in any respect fronts, whilst construction their GDP and human indexes must be examples to assist our country’s elite/leaders in making strategic choices. We must be able to be informed from different international locations; the wheel does no longer want to be re-invented.
In view of the massive and remarkable debt profile of the rustic, the alarming circumstances of fraud and corruption via senior Govt officers, the devaluation of the Naira, in addition to the impunity with which bandits and terrorists perform senseless killings of blameless voters, you will need to notice that Nigerians have misplaced religion and consider within the present ruling magnificence, irrespective of the events to which they belong. The poverty within the country, which has earned us the disgraceful identify of ‘the poverty capital of the sector,’ has clearly been of no fear to our political leaders, as demonstrated via the glee with which they paid obscene sums of cash simply to procure nomination paperwork for Presidential and different non-compulsory positions, in addition to the additional rain of cash to shop for the votes of Birthday party delegates at primaries. 
Are demanding situations you indexed above, together with lack of confidence, surmountable?
It’s time to rescue our country from this blood-sucking crew of folks. A state of emergency and tenure elongation underneath the guise of provide instances as an excuse is unacceptable to Nigerians. The Nationwide Meeting must invoke the doctrine of necessity to offer a felony backing to the Re-Paintings Eminent Personalities Crew – REPT urged previous. This will function a felony framework that won’t handiest put the crew in position, but in addition streamline the way it must paintings in order that political self-interest is not going to jeopardize Nationwide curiosity.
There must no longer be any political interference from the presidency or every other crew/teams to steer the paintings of the Crew, whose contributors must be given an excessively modest sitting allowance. If this lack of confidence and social disaster proceed to escalate around the nation, the Nationwide Meeting must do the requisite via invoking the related provisions of the charter to salvage the rustic.
Does NCGF see any hope for a greater Nigeria?
NCGF is assured that out of this obvious decadence within the country shall emerge a better Nigeria within the mighty identify of Jesus Christ… Amen
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