The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, has urged the incoming government to keep Nigerians alive before embarking on fulfilling electoral promises.
The Bishop noted that while the country is preparing for the next administration, the pressing need for the incoming President, Bola Tinubu, should be to address the core issues facing the nation.
He expressed hope that the next government would recognise that Nigeria’s most urgent task is not the mere construction of physical infrastructure, but rather the establishment of a strong foundation of social justice, equality, and respect for human rights. Kukah noted “I am hopeful that you will appreciate that the most urgent task facing our nation is not infrastructure or the usual cheap talk about dividends of Democracy. These are important but first, keep us alive because only the living can enjoy infrastructure.
“For now, the most urgent mission is to start a psychological journey of making Nigerians feel whole again, of creating a large tent of opportunity and hope for us all, of expanding the frontiers of our collective freedom, of cutting off the chains of ethnicity and religious bigotry, of helping us recover from the feeling of collective rape by those who imported the men of darkness that destroyed our country, of recovering our country and placing us on the path to our greatness, of exorcising...
However, the Bishop commended the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , for recognising that his criticisms of the current administration were a desire to see Nigeria reach achieve its dreams.
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