Church Politics In Anambra State: How Did We Get To This Level?

As Written By AIF Media Forum

It is no longer hidden that if you are not a member of Catholic Church or worship with Anglican Communion, you cannot be either governor or deputy governor in Anambra state.

The two denominations have conquered the two positions. If Catholic produces a governor, the Anglican will produce deputy.

As political parties conclude their party primaries, the major political parties nominated members of the Catholic church as their candidates.

Obiano, Nwoye and Oseloka are Catholics.

The battle of deputy governorship candidates has shifted to politicians who are Anglicans. Like in Nigeria presidential election, no party can present Muslim/Muslim or Christian/Christian ticket. So Catholic/Catholic ticket is prohibited, it must be Catholic/Anglican ticket.

It can't be Catholic/Redeem, Catholic/Pentecostal or Catholic/Eze mmuo ticket.



All the Catholic candidates are looking at who in Anglican will be their deputy. Anglican Bishops and Priests are already moving round positioning their preferred choices for deputy governor.

This is how the two prominent religious denominations conquered the political leadership.

The Protestants and other denominations are left out and not considered to be in power. If you are a politician from Redeem, Winners, Sabbath, Dominion City, CPM, Assemblies, Methodist, etc you can't be made governor no matter how competent or credible you are.

If you are a Traditionalist, Chief Priest, Eze Mmuo worshipping with Haba Agulu, Okija Shrine, Ntananke, Nkwelle Ezunaka Deity etc and you are a politician, it becomes a nightmare. Most of these Ndi Omenani claim to be Catholics or Anglicans before they are considered for political appointments.

This trend is not only in Anambra, it is gradually taking root in Enugu and Imo politics.

If not checked, it will get to a point where it shall constitute a serious political problem and affect  governance.