Methodist church to excommunicate corrupt members

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Methodist church to excommunicate corrupt members

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The Enugu Diocese of the Methodist Church will henceforth excommunicate its members, who are prosecuted for corrupt practices, the archbishop of the diocese.The Most Rev Christopher Edeh said this in his state of the nation’s address to the congregation on Sunday, adding that these corrupt “Christians” were a disgrace to the body of Christ.The cleric urged the Federal Government, as a matter of duty, to prosecute all suspected corrupt government officials in the country, irrespective of political, ethnic or religious inclinations.“The suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal and the Director of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke, was the height of fighting corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari,” the cleric said.Edeh, however, added that the investigations would be better handled by an independent panel than by government officials.The archbishop also called for transparency and accountability in the disbursement of all the looted funds so recovered.Edeh went ahead to pray the Federal Government to intensify efforts on the diversification of the economy to agriculture, solid minerals and industrial development to tackle the present recession.Still in his address, he advised the congregation to embrace farming, called on the government to check the invasion of farmlands by herdsmen who had been rendering the efforts of farmers useless.“The time has gone when in the name of Christian faith; believers stand aloof when national issues like the census or the National Identity Card registration pass by.“Performing our civic responsibility is also a Christian responsibility, we cannot be heavenly conscious and earthly useless,” Edeh

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