Morung Express News
Dimapur | May 5
Secretary, Land Resources, Y. Kikheto Sema IAS on Thursday called upon Church leaders to be fearless in standing for justice on any issue and take the society forward.
Speaking during WSBAK Pastors’ Seminar at Akuvuto, Thahekhu, Kikheto emphasized on the role of the church and its leaders in bringing together the various Naga political groups and facilitate amicable solution to the Naga issue. He lauded the Forum for Naga Reconciliation for working towards bringing together the Naga groups and scaling down the rate of killings to minimal. He urged the Church leaders to constantly pray that killings do not recur in the society.
“Since all Naga national workers are also a part of the Church, the Church leaders have a very important role to play in teaching about unity among the various groups,” he added.
Kikheto stressed on the role of the Church in transforming the society through their powerful platform. Appreciating the Clean Election Campaign of the NBCC, he said that the NBCC as an organization alone cannot achieve the goal but the main work force was constituted by the Pastors who should strongly sensitize the congregation on the ill-effects of various malpractices in electioneering.
According to Kikheto, electoral malpractices has not only corrupted the society but also deeply affected the economy and caused social disorder as well.
He called upon the people to lend their support and cooperation in the clean election campaign and urged Pastors to be the driving force.
“If the Pastor mean business, then there is no reason to fear any authority, GBs or politicians to speak the truth,” he added. However, he also spoke about respecting the government which he said was instituted by God and that the people should not treat the government as their enemy.
Kikheto said God had blessed Naga people with abundance of resources but rued that the people were not able to use it efficiently. The seminar is being attended by scores of Pastors in Western Sumi area and will culminate on May 6.
