Bishop Kukah at it again, lashes out at corrupt politicians
Not done yet with his Christmas day controversial message that rattled the Presidency, which has also divided the North for and agaisnt, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has again lashed out at corrupt officials in Nigeria.
The Bishop accused them of stealing money to travel on holy pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Saudi without exhibiting piety.
Recall that on Christmas Day Bishop Kukah did not hold back when he called out on the current government for its nepotistic posture.
This time around, on Wednesday he raised concerns over the state of the nation as it has to do with corruption in the polity.
He insisted that Nigeria had “become one huge waste land, huge debris of the deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity.”
The cleric justified his 2020 Christmas message that irked supporters and admirers of the president with the new damning message on Corruption.
He spoke on Wednesday, January 6, while delivering his sermon at St Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral, Kaduna, during the wake-keep for Archbishop Peter Yariyock Jatau, the Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese.
Entitled, “A Nation in Search of Its Soul”, his sermon noted that whereas, Nigerians usually complain that the country was full of churches and mosques, they could not find the values of religion in their leaders.
“We sin at home by stealing the nation’s resources but we seek repentance and forgiveness in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem in the guise of lesser or higher pilgrimages,”he said.
Kukah, who is a member of National Peace Committee, likened Nigeria to the proverbial farmer searching for his black goat because darkness was setting in.
“Our nation has become one huge waste land, huge debris of the deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity. Nigerian politicians have turned our politics into a huge trojan horse, a hoax, a hall of guile and dissimulation,” he added.
He, therefore, warned of the rising general frustration in the country, adding that the development was evident in domestic violence and inter-communal conflicts.
“A combination of all these has turned us unto a nation at war with itself,” the Bishop observed.
He has said there is an urgent need to save Nigeria under the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
He described Nigeria under the present regime as a nation at war with itself.
The cleric descended on the Northern elites, nothing that they had failed to manage the diversity of the great region in general and the great city of Kaduna in particular.
Kukah, however, was full of optimism that the new government under Malam Nasir El-Rufai was embarking on excellent physical infrastructure which would transform Kaduna.
The cleric said, “Post-civil war Nigeria faced severe challenges but nowhere was this more so than the north with Kaduna being the epicentre.
“Suspicion gradually set in. No one needs to recite the litany of woes and bloodshed that have characterised the great city of Kaduna. Archbishop Jatau saw through the good and the bad times.
“We pray the governor will be even handed to see the broader picture. Social infrastructure for markets and entertainment has more capacity for dialogue and peace than a million seminars.”
Jatau died in Kaduna on December 16, 2020, at age 89.
Meanwhile, a former Head of State, Genneral Yakubu Gowon, Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Nigerian Governors’ Forum, paid glowing tributes to Jatau in Kaduna on Wednesday.
At the lying in state ceremony held at the main bowl of Ahmadu Bello Stadium, where the late Jatau was incidentally consecrated as a Bishop in November 5, 1972, Gowon, represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Christian Welfare Board, Rev. Yakubu Pam, described Jatau as a “nationalist.”
He said Gowon also described Jatau as a “ unifier.”
Mustapha described Jatau as a “General of the Lord,” who knew all about the formation of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the North as well as in the country.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum under the chairmanship of D. Kayode Fayemi, who is also the Governor of Ekiti State, said the late cleric contributed to the socio-economic development of the country through his wise counsel.
The governors were represented by the Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern State Governors’ Forum, Simon Lalong.
Lalong noted that the death of Jatau was not only a “great loss to the North but the entire country.”
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, represented by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said, “The passing of His Grace is indeed a huge loss to the people of Kaduna
He said, he will be missed for his teachings and commitment to the advocacy for peaceful co-existence and religious harmony in Kaduna state.”
A former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, commiserated with the Christian Association of Nigeria, the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria and the people of Kaduna State.
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