Most Rev. Peter Akinola, Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, on Saturday urged Nigeria’s political leaders to work toward the reduction of poverty in the country. Akinola made the call in Ile-Ife during the interdenominational service held to commemorate the 80th birthday anniversary of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II.
He noted that Nigeria had abundant resources that could be harnessed and used to enhance the citizens’ living standards, adding that the bane of the country was crass mismanagement, corruption and other forms of malfeasance.”In the midst of abundance, Nigerians now use second-hand clothes, cars and other materials, as they cannot afford to purchase new products due to hardship,” he said.
As so many people in TEC like to take cheap shots at Akinola, I will be interested to see if anyone from the lefty sections of the Episcopal Church comments or commends Akinola for this stand.
But isn’t he proposing the nation move toward Socialism?
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I didn’t see him calling for the common ownership of the means of production, so not exactly. He’s calling for what’s usually been seen as Christian social teaching on what economic and political prosperity is supposed to be about: making others’ lives better. Orthodoxy =/= American right wing politics.