Catholic Bishop tasks Tinubu, Nigerian governors to shun all forms of sin

By, Chinelo Kodilichukwu, Enugu 

Bishop of Enugu catholic diocese, Most Rev Callistus Chukwuma Onaga has warned Nigerian government officials, politicians, individuals especially Christian faithful to abstain from all forms of sin.

Bishop Onaga harped on repentance for all Christians, especially in this Lenten period, wherein the citizens of the country Should seize the opportunity of Ash Wednesday to reflect and mourn for their sins.

Onaga who made this known at a press conference held at the Bishop Court Independence layout Enugu, called on Christian faithful to observe the Lenten period with abstinence, prayers, forgiveness with a view to seeking eternal life.

“Ashes are signs of mourning, ,act of repentance. Therefore Ash Wednesday is a period christians are in a mood of mourning, after rubbing the ashes, christians are showing that they are sorry for their sins. 

“Ash Wednesday reminds us of our source, that God created man out of dust and said “thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return”. Our own death is a passage unto eternity.

“What we are doing is that we are sacrificing the very purpose of incarnation and the purpose is to free man from supremes and shame, then be introduced into immortality, the next life of man, and that life has no end, it is eternal” he said.

Onaga further in his briefing stated that personalities in the Nigerian government, starting from the president to the governors, need repentance because they are not managing the resources of this country very well.

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He complained that some of the Nigerian leaders have unduly involved themselves in acquiring wealth and resources of this country, while the citizens are suffering.

He further pointed out that Individuals in the country are also committing one sin or the other through Cheating, corruption and bad job businesses.

Bishop Onaga therefore admonished Nigerian citizens that “This is a period of introspection, the period we need to go into ourselves, ask questions, how we can make our own personal life and others better. A period to make amend, a period to mend our fences as a child of God.