COMMUNIQUE FROM THE THIRD SESSION OF THE TWELFTH SYNOD
The third session of the twelfth Synod of the Diocese of Kano, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), was held from 29th September through 2nd October, 2016 at St. Stephen's (Anglican) Church New Road Sabon-Gari Kano, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the leadership of his Lordship the Rt. Rev. Zakka Lalle Nyam, the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kano.
STATE OF THE NATION
ELECTION AND NEW GOVERNMENT
The Synod once more congratulate the new government and implore it to rise to the challenge of leading our great nation to its greatest potential by sincerely formulating and adopting viable policies that would better the lives of our citizenry. The government was charged to take responsibilities for current happenings in the nation and hence, should stop passing the buck. The Synod also enjoined the government to learn, borrow, sustain and continue good ideas and policies from the last administration. The citizenry on their part, are hereby reminded to understand that whether it is good or bad government, God is still on the throne and does over rule in the affairs of men.
ANTI CORRUPTION FIGHT
The Synod commended the new administration for its fight against corruption but however frowned at the lack of prosecution of so many present government officials in the Presidency, national assembly and judiciary. The Synod maintained that the war on corruption should serve only one purpose, which is redeeming the very bad image, name and dignity of the Nigeria nation. It therefore charged the government to eliminate every atom of discrimination, favouritism, nepotism, witch hunting and political biasness as alleged by concerned citizens.
SECURITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT
The Synod observed that crime and insecurity can hardly be separated from unemployment crisis. It therefore charged the government to urgently plan towards fulfilling its campaign promises on job creations and employments. It also implored the government to summon the will power to battle the rampage of herdsmen in the nation and retain Nigeria as a secular nation.
NIGER DELTA MILITANCY, MOSSOB AND IPOB
The Synod appealed to these groups to lay down their arms and maintained that no matter their grievances, their activities are now deemed to be counter productive even to their respective regions. It hereby called on both parties (the Federal Government and militants) to seat for peaceful discussion and understanding, as peaceful dialogue is still the only way out.
DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ECONOMY
The Synod enjoined the government to stop the over dependence on income from crude oil and diversify to other sectors especially to agriculture. Hence, the government should subsidise the cost of fertlizers and other farm inputs, so that the peasant farmers will lay hands on thrm and increase their output, which will in turn reduce the prices of food items.
NATIONAL ASSETS AND INFRASTRUCTURES
The Synod on principle of national unity, opposed the sale of our national assets as these establishments do not only serve as income generating ventures but also serve as uniting factors for our multi-ethnic nation. It therefore advised the government not succumb to the suggestions of some few privileged Nigerians by not selling these uniting assets left for us by our heroes past. The Synod also charged the various tiers of government to rehabilitate and maintain our roads which are getting worse by the day.
THE THEME
The synod reminded that everything in this world including life itself is time bound, therefore we should not relate our sufferings to our sins as certain things happen so that the glory of God would be manifested in our lives and humanity in general. It also enjoined not to let the political happenings and economic recession of the present time to sway us from earnestly running the eternal race. We were reminded that there is neither time for waiting nor for wasting, hence the theme "Racing against time".
