The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, Thursday, flayed the situation of the country, and condemned President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s style of leadership.<\/p>\n
Speaking at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, Kukah said that he is not a happy Nigerian but remained hopeful.<\/p>\n
Citing Kukah, TheCable said: \u201cI think even the most optimistic Nigerian must conceive that we are nowhere near coming to define the real sense of democracy. Beyond just going through the process of cycles of election, we have a very serious problem with recruitment methods.<\/p>\n
\u201cReflecting federal character should be like viewing ourselves in the mirror and celebrating our diversity because the table is big enough to occupy everyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when you don\u2019t have that and you put all your apples in one basket, naturally you cannot make headway, because you\u2019re violating the constitution and thinking that we are in a democracy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis president (Buhari) in my view in the last few years has made it very difficult for us to celebrate diversity. And Nigerians will concede that a reward system that is so skewed, whether in favour of men, women, Christians or Muslims is unacceptable because when it was time to vote, all of us came out to vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to very quickly reset the template if we are to take our place after 60 years of independence. If we are unable to provide our people with water, food, light, security, then it is a tough call. I am not a happy Nigerian but I remain a hopeful Nigerian.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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