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Corruption Has Left Nigeria In Comatose – Bishop Kukah

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has accused Nigerian leaders of living large at the expense of the citizens.

Kukah, in his Easter message to Nigerians on Sunday, lamented that over the past sixty years of the country’s existence, Nigeria’s leaders “have looked like men in a drunken stupor, staggering, stumbling and fumbling, slurring in speech, with blurred visions searching for the way home.”

 

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Despite the negatives and challenges, the cleric, however, said Nigeria could be great again if the leaders and followers would join hands and do the needful.

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The Bishop, as a way forward, urged the government to come up with urgent steps to put the nation on the path of healing and end the immoral culture of nepotism.

He said, “Our leaders chose the feast rather than the fast. We are today reaping what we sowed yesterday. For over 60 years, our leaders have looked like men in a drunken stupor, staggering, stumbling and fumbling, slurring in speech, with blurred visions searching for the way home.

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“The corruption of the years of a life of immoral and sordid debauchery has spread like cancer destroying all our vital organs. The result is a state of a hangover that has left our nation comatose.

“Notwithstanding, Easter is a time to further reflect on the road not taken. It is a time to see if this Golgotha of pain can lead us to the new dawn of the resurrection. Nigeria can and Nigeria will be great again. Let us ride this tide together in hope.”

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He added that, “The government must design a more comprehensive and wide-ranging method of recruitment that is transparent as a means of generating patriotism and reversing the ugly face of feudalism and prebendalism.

“There is a need for a clear communications strategy that will serve to inspire and create timelines of expectations of results from policies.

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“There is a need for clarity over questions of the who, what, when, and how national set goals are to be attained and who can be held accountable.”

 

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