Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom describes as unfortunate, the response of the Presidency to the address of Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop
Matttew Kukah to the United States Congress Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding the wave of insecurity in the country.that the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari is not handling issues concerning religious crisis the right way.
Reacting to this in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, a senior special assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, the Presidency said it was unfortunate and disappointing for citizens of Nigeria to bear witness to one of their churchmen castigating their country in front of representatives of a foreign parliament.
Ortom lamented that the country is practising democracy which has no room for repression and dictatorship adding that the country’s Constitution guarantees the freedom of speech to all citizens, unlike a military regime that suppresses the right of the people to voice their opinions on challenges facing their country.
“Kukah was right when he stated that nepotism has been elevated above federal character by the present administration. “I expected the Presidency to rather be worried that Nigeria is ranked as the most terrorised nation in Africa with an average of over 2,000 deaths per year on account of terrorism,” he said.
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