The
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Tuesday said tackling
corruption and fixing Nigeria required more than a God-fearing leader.
Kukah said this at the launch of a
book titled “The Shadow List’’ written by Todd Moss. He said to fight
corruption and build the nation was not just about goodwill but about getting
to the root of the matter and tackling it head-on.
“I have said it severally; let
Nigerians keep saying they want a God-fearing leader.
“Nigeria does not need a
God-fearing leader, because God-fearing has become an excuse to appeal to
Nigerians and win elections.
“Governance in Nigeria is a
criminalized enterprise and a criminalized state cannot progress; so we must
come to terms as to why it is that this country is in such low portion.
“Fixing
this country requires much more than that; national cohesion, holding our
country together is the most fundamental project if we are to fix this nation.
“This is what we need because I am
aware of how angry and frustrated Nigerians have become, especially in an
environment where people are intrinsically not concerned about corruption but
about their inability to access,” he said.
The cleric said that nobody would
have imagined that three to four years down the line, Nigerians would be
feeling the way they were feeling now.
“If you know Nigerians well, rather
than thinking about the solution to the problem, we are waiting for a few men
who govern Nigeria to tell us they have found a silver bullet and then we all
gather around.
“We will now pass through the motion pretending to be conducting
election when as it is from 1999, we always have an idea of who the president
will be even before the election is conducted,” he said.
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