The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Sunday, April 17, lamented said all aspects of life in Nigeria have been destroyed under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kukah stated this in his 2022 Easter message. According to the cleric, the country had been turned into “a big national hospital with full occupancy.”
He said, “Our individual hearts are broken. Our family dreams are broken. Homes are broken. Churches, Mosques, and infrastructure are broken. Our educational system is broken and our children’s lives and futures are broken.
“Our politics is broken. The economy is broken. The energy system is broken. Our security system is broken. Our roads and rails are broken. Corruption is alive and well.”
The cleric also added that Nigerians could no longer recognise their country; which, according to him, “has been battered and buffeted by men and women from the dark womb of time.”
Kukah, however, advised that despite how deplorable the country is, Nigerians must find a way out.
He said, “It is no longer necessary to ask how we got here. The real challenge is how to find the slippery rungs on the ladder of ascent so we can climb out. Yet, we ask, ascend to where?”
“One would be tempted to ask what is there to say about our tragic situation today that has not been saying. Who is there to speak that has not spoken? Like the friends of Job, we stare at an imponderable tragedy as the nation unravels from all sides.
“The government has slid into hibernation mode. It is hard to know whether the problem is that those in power do not hear, see, feel, know, or just don’t care. Either way, from this crossroads, we must make a choice, to go forward, turn left or right or return home. None of these choices are easy; yet, guided by the light of the risen Christ, we can reclaim our country from its impending slide to anarchy.”
Kukah called on all religious leaders in Nigeria to urgently come to the country’s rescue.
“The real challenge before us now is to look beyond politics and face the challenge of forming character and faith in our country. Here, leaders of religion, Christianity and Islam, need to truthfully face the role of religion in the survival of our country.”
