By Emmanuel Iheaka

The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji has declared that inculcating moral education in school’s curriculum can yield the change the country desires.

Ugorji spoke when the Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit at the Maria Assumpta Cathedral Owerri.

The prelate highlighted a major ongoing initiative by the bishops to root Catholic Social Teachings (CST) deeply within the church’s educational framework.

“The Conference is working to make Catholic Social Teaching trickle down to Catholic owned primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, so Catholics can internalize our core values”, Ugorji stated.

He urged the Laity Council to take a lead role in encouraging the faithful to fully embody these traditions and their faith in everyday life.

This he said, will help effect the positive changes desired in Nigeria, adding that well trained children become well trained men and women

Ugorji emphasized the critical importance of faithfulness to Catholic doctrines and the necessity of the laity working in close union with the Bishops Conference. .

In his remarks, the National President of the Laity Council, Sir Ambrose Obioha, pledged the council’s unwavering cooperation and alliance with the vision and guidance of the Bishops Conference.

He emphasized the need to seek the Archbishop’s counsel in order to act appropriately.

Obioha, who was in the company of Rev. Fr. Augustine Ifediba, the National Chaplain of the council and Prince Faith Uche Iwuorisha, the National President of CMO, used the occasion to discuss his work plan with Archbishop Ugorji, outlining his strategic vision for the council and formally seeking the episcopal guidance for its proper implementation.