The Most Reverend Joseph Akinfenwa – Bishop of Ibadan Diocese has decried the current economic country, which has thrown many Nigerians into severe pain despite the promise that it will be for a short time.

The highly revered clergyman stated this in his sermon at a service during which the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, consecrated four new bishops for the church at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Cathedral Church, Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday.

“Even if we say it is temporary, the truth is that people are in severe pain. And when people are pushed to tears, it is clergymen who offer their shoulders for people to lean on and cry upon”. Bishop Akinfenwa said.

“Despite all the noise of worship in the land, who is not embarrassed by the level of corruption, crime, and bad culture in the country?

It is often said that a society gets the kind of leadership it deserves. Even the leader that was described as the epitome of integrity and the champion of anti-corruption, for eight years, corruption practically gave him a knockout.”

Advising the men of God, he added, “Don’t be distracted. There is a lot of work to be done. This is divine recruitment. This should be taken as a challenge, not an achievement. This should be taken as a call to service.”