The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has
again urged President Muhammadu Buhari to work on resolving Nigeria’s economic
woes.
He also told Buhari to stop blaming the former President Goodluck
Jonathan’s administration for the current economy recession.
Kukah, spoke with reporters at the Catholic Bishops Conference
Dinner Night held at the International Event Centre, (DOME) in Akure, the Ondo State.
The Bishop said, “the previous government did not only do
bad things; he did a lot of good things.
“And I think the business of government is not our business; our
business is if the previous government did bad, that is why we voted a new
government.
“We did not vote a government to complain about yesterday. If we
wanted yesterday, the new government would not be there. It is really about
taking responsibility.
“No matter how much you praise or abuse Jonathan, he is not the
President of Nigeria. I think that people must understand that you take power
to solve problems not to agonize.
“As the head of a family, no matter how bad things are: no food in
the house; you as a father cannot enter the house crying.
“It is the question of developing the mechanism, else you can’t
solve the problem.
“Even my best friends in APC now realize that nobody can sing the
song about Jonathan being responsible for the problems we are in.
“We are not asking you to change the whole world, but Jonathan
created problems: we are now riding a train between Abuja and Kaduna now; the
train was not there before.
“Things that Jonathan did that can help Nigeria, let us continue
with them.
“The bad things that Jonathan did and those who deserve to go to
prison should go to prison.
“But sending people to prison will only be useful if it puts bread
on the table of people”.
Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who was at the event in his remarks
stressed on the need for the government and the people to diversify the
economy.
He, however, said that the only solution to the crisis rocking the
country is restructuring.
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