Go and Pay Your Workers First, Anglican Bishop Tells Okorocha, Rejects His N200,000 Donation

The Anglican Bishop of Owerri, Bishop Cyril C. Okorocha has rejected the N200, ooo donation of Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, as gathered by Letstalkng. The Money was given to the Church by the governor at the diocesan synod of the Anglican Communion that was held at St John’s Anglican Church, New Owerri.

While rejecting the money, the Anglican Bishop lambasted Governor Okorocha for inflicting sufferings on the people of Imo State through non-payment of their salaries and his “inhuman policies”.
Represented at the Synod by one Mr. Obinna Aharanwa, Okorrocha said the donation  was to help the church in its development a donation which the Anglican Bishop rejected on basis that the Church will not want to share in the blame for governor’s non-payment of salaries and other financial predicaments which the State is facing at the moment.
Speaking the Bishop said; “Please take your money and return it to the government. If l take this money, lmo people will say that l have collected their pension money and worker’s salary. Go and pay pensioners and workers. I won’t touch this money.
“We want Governor Rochas Okorocha to publish his stewardship and show us what he is doing with lmo money. We need explanations”, Bishop Okorocha concluded.
Meanwhile, the Governor’s representative Mr. Obinna who felt embarrassed by the Bishop’s action went out of the meeting angry.