Tackle corruption, reward honest work, cleric tells Tinubu

The President, United Apostolic Church of Christ Worldwide, Dr James Owoyemi, said on Sunday that sustained fight by President Bola Tinubu against corruption is crucial to the bid to put the country on development path and restore Nigerians� hope.

Owoyemi called on the President to install a regime whereby there will be �reward for hard work in Nigeria.�

��Something must be done urgently to discourage the situation whereby those who are not doing legitimate work are the ones getting money.

�That is why a lot of the young ones are no longer interested in studying or working because they don�t see the reward for those people that are genuinely working,� the cleric said on Sunday in a sermon titled, �Time for total restoration,� which he delivered at the Annual Trustee Meeting of the church at Ikere Ekiti.

The UACC general overseer said, �Corruption has eaten deep into Nigeria�s system; I advise the present government to work towards eradicating corruption in Nigeria or at least reducing it to its barest minimum. There is need to shun nepotism in the process for the desired result to be achievable.�

Owoyemi also urged the Tinubu administration to work on the country�s judicial system to restore Nigerians� confidence, saying, �Due to some happenings in the immediate past, a lot of people have lost interest in the judicial system in Nigeria.