Bishop Kukah
‘Religion, politics will not fix Nigeria,’ says Bishop Kukah
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Father Matthew Kukah, has posited that religion and politics will not fix the ills in the country, adding further that ‘those in power in Nigeria are not any different from the colonial masters. They have the same mentality as they continue to steal the resources which are our collective patrimony and hide the same abroad.’
Delivering his position in his homily to mark his 45th anniversary as a catholic priest and 10 years as Bishop of Sokoto diocese, on Sunday, Bishop Kukah said his reason for criticizing the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari was not intended to bring him down, but that failure to raise concerns over the problems in the country was same as corruption.
The Bishop urged the Buhari government to step up its effort in protecting lives and properties in the country.
“Keeping silence in the face of injustice is corruption. The things I keep saying is not for any government, I was saying it before this government came and I will continue to say the same even after this government.
“We must passionately and deliberately fix this country. It is not by accident that we are here today; we must fix this country together. Human greed gives birth to all the problems in the world. Human beings cause all the evil in the world.
“If we look at how the world is broken today, we must all ask ourselves, what is our individual contributions to the broken world? You must have contributed by not necessarily joining the fight but your refusal to live a life that is sufficiently regulated by the spirit as the spirit illuminates the darkness.
“Religion is not going to fix Nigeria; politics will not fix our country like those in power in Nigeria are not any different from the colonial masters. They have the same mentality as they continue to steal the resources which is our collective patrimony and hide the same abroad.
“Nigerians should be faithful to the word of God and have confidence in the country. The situation we are in today is not about whether Christian is the President or not. We must ask ourselves why the decay in the system? And the simple answer is because we are not doing what God asked us to do as Christians.”
