The Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province have urged the federal government to compensate churches and other victims of attacks carried out by insurgents on places of worship.

Mathew Ndagoso, their spokesman, made the plea on Tuesday in Minna, in a briefing after a two-day Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province plenary session, held at St. Michael Cathedral, Minna.

"In the past six years, insurgents have attacked churches and other Christian places in the north, but the federal government is yet to compensate the victims.
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"We want to inform you that the Catholic Church has not received any support from the federal government for the Churches affected," the bishop said.

"In Niger, the first terrorist attack was on St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, on December 25, 2011.
"Last year, some youths attacked the St. Philips Catholic ‎Church, Bakin Iku, near Suleja, destroying properties valued at several millions of Naira. No one has even sympathised with us," he said.

‎The bishop opined that the federal government was supposed to be responsible for giving assistance to the churches and the victims.

Mr. Ndagoso explained that government ought to be responsible for giving assistance to the victims.
The bishop said that he had personally suffered from such attacks.

"When I was in Maiduguri, my house was destroyed and burnt in my absence. Nothing was taken out of that house. The Church was equally destroyed. Nobody has compensated me or the Church," he said.

Mr. Ndagoso appealed to state governments to issue Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) for lands....
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What's this one saying? Are ypu talking about the church building or the victims?

The govt can help the victims but for the church, una dey pay tax? Abi govt na insurance company?
Abeg comot 4 here make we read beta news

Bunch of gay priests and hypocrites!
This cry for the government to compensate for damaged churches as a result of BH attacks is not only ridiculous but very sour and smelly.

Are they high on holy communion or smoke from burning incense.

Is there any church that pays tax to the Nigerian government?

I think these priests have spent too much time masturbating rather than praying the rosary.

What a stupid audacity!

Actually, they have the right to ask.
The state governments of the insurgency affected states have been renovating affected mosques.
It doesn't speak well of unity and equity to abandon other religions.