Cleric urges govt to return schools to owners

Omotosho while addressing a press conference in Akure on his 25th Priestly Ordination Anniversary said the only way the primary and secondary schools could bounce back to their former glory was when they are returned to the missionaries who founded them. The clergyman blamed the high rate of moral decadency on the society to the […]

Omotosho while addressing a press conference in Akure on his 25th Priestly Ordination Anniversary said the only way the primary and secondary schools could bounce back to their former glory was when they are returned to the missionaries who founded them.

The clergyman blamed the high rate of moral decadency on the society to the control of schools by the federal and state governments. He explained that the moral values and discipline which were in the schools before they were handed over to government had eroded, hence the increase in social vices in the country.

“Honestly, moral values have been washed away by the taking over of schools by government. In the olden days when these schools belonged to missionaries, discipline was the order of the day, but today, what we see is students behaving anyhow in school.

“The only way we can bring morals back to public schools is to make sure that these schools are returned to their original owners, most especially, the Catholics.”

He advised Nigerians to shun money bag politicians whom he pointed out have robbed the nation of getting credible leaders.

He said, “If we want to move forward as a nation, our leaders must work together and make sure that peoples votes count. We should do away with do-or die politics”.

He also lamented the deteriorating state of infrastructural facilities in the country, adding that our major roads are now death traps to motorists and other road users.

He said, “It is highly sad that our highways are in bad state. Apart from being a death trap, men of the underworld take advantage of the poor state of the roads to carry out their dastardly acts.

“It is highly disheartening that despite the fact that we have abundant resources and brains in this country, we still lack the basic infrastructural facilities like good roads, water system, conducive environment for learning from primary to tertiary level.”

A two- week long anniversary which is going to start on December 7 will be rounded off with a reception for the well wishers of Father Omotosho.