We need a revolution, says Okogie

CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has warned that Nigeria was drifting dangerously, asking that urgent steps be taken by the Federal Government to address the current insecurity in the country. He called for what he described as the ‘’revolution of the mind and spirit.”
Okogie lamented that the government has failed to protect Nigerians in the face of incessant bombings by Boko Haram Islamic sect.

Cardinal Okogie

In his New Year message to the nation, Okogie said only the collective will of the citizens, government and God can change the dark cloud hanging over Nigeria.
The cleric said: “To get back on track and salvage our beloved country from its present woes, there is need for change. There is an urgent need for a revolution. In line with the three dimensions of man, revolution is possible at the physical level, at the level of the mind and at the level of the spiritual.
“However, for us Christians, violent revolution at the physical level is excluded. When we speak about revolution we do not mean a bloody revolution but a revolution of the mind and spirit
“That we are born to be great is clear to all. But unfortunately, we are not great. Instead, we are a nation in distress, a nation on the verge of falling, a nation that is gradually drifting.
“Our woes as a country are visible in every thing: epileptic power supply, the death traps we call roads, insecurity of life and property, irrational and unjustifiable ethnic and religious riots, unrestrained corruption in the corridors of power and beyond, high rate of unemployment and abject poverty.”
He expressed confidence that Nigerians could come  out of the challenges posed by current insecu-rity, but stressed that this could only happen when leaders decide to be true shepherds and not wolves.
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