Don’t put all your hopes in Buhari, Bishop Kukah tells
Nigerians
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan
Kukah on Tuesday advised Nigerians not to not put all their
hopes in President Muhammadu, and believing that he
would solve all the problems facing the country.
He also said unless Mr. Buhari makes his anti-corruption
war extensive enough to cover other acts of indiscipline, the
desired changes in the country would not be achieved.
He said instead of narrowing the war to financial corruption
alone, it should be a complete war on all acts of indiscipline
affecting all facets of national life.
The bishop also urged Nigeria to raise the bar of leadership
by setting standards for those that would rise to leadership
positions as a veritable weapon to turn around the country’s
political and educational systems.
Delivering a lecture on Tuesday, entitled “Education and
Leadership Recruitment for a Plural Society: A Case for
Nigeria”, at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, at the 3rd
Convocation Ceremony of the institution, Mr. Kukah said the
fight against corruption initiated by Mr. Buhari was a noble
one that should be supported by all Nigerians.
He however argued that “Fighting corruption alone may not
guarantee us a stable nation. We must include the culture of
entrenchment and protection of social justice and the rule of
law to be part of our national live.
“So, Nigeria should not put all their hopes in Buhari. They
should not think that once Buhari has started fighting
corruption the entire system will be sanitized and everything
will work for good or change.”
On the education sector, Mr. Kukah noted that the distortion
of the country’s nationhood partly resulted from people
circumventing the process through “connections to high
places.”
According to him, the distortions and damage of Nigeria’s
national identity are not unconnected with long years of
colonialism and military rule.
Mr. Kukah argued that for the country to get it right, the
education sector must serve as a basis for transformation of
values and a positive generational change capable of
launching Nigeria into the league of the most developed
nations of the world.
“A distorted society cannot expect the reward of a decent
society. Happily for us in Nigeria, we are turning a new page.
“We must therefore not be seduced into thinking that we
should hand over our
hope, our dream and our aspiration to President Buhari and
go to sleep,” he said.
“Corruption is a symptom of the disease of the distortion of
our nationhood. We may have a transparent election but the
most perfect electoral outcome does not translate to the
right result.
“When people receive the licence to govern, what does it
mean to them and what do they do with it? We must
acknowledge the opportunity of the concession of defeat by
(former) President Jonathan , we need institutions that can
save voters from the excesses of the Nigerian politicians.
“As a country, we must have succession plan, we must have
capacity for succession and the institutional capacity to
recruit the future leaders and we must create opportunities
for young Nigerians to rise to the highest office in the land.
The lecture was chaired by the former Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof.
Attahiru Jega and was attended by the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland,
Ado Ibrahim, the founder of the university, Afe Babalola,


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for discerning minds, some APC bigots will twist the story now, just wait for their comments

justurch:
for discerning minds, some APC bigots will twist the story now, just wait for their comments

And you think you've made any sensible contribution on your own part?

@ the topic, no one needs to be preached to that PMB cannot solve even half of our nation's problems.

Had Kukah been this forthcoming in the past regime of GEJ, perhaps the Otuoke man would have performed far better than the woeful results he recorded. Hassan Kukah has proved to be oje of the sycophants that surrounded GEJ.

bros me am sleeping since bbuhari was sworn in, cos I know he came to fix nigeria and am nigerian which needs proper fixing after yrs of millitary bastardization and excessive ass raping.
baba no mind fada kukah o, na wailer, fix us well cos we r disjointed people.

Even the name Nigeria needs re branding. I still prefer travelling with my ghanian passport than nigerian one.

We should all be making exit plans before she's finally brought on her kneels cos with APC and PMB body language some things will never change.

Bishop Kukah's Salient Points


He also said unless Mr. Buhari makes his anti-corruption war extensive enough to cover other acts of indiscipline, the desired changes in the country would not be achieved.
He said instead of narrowing the war to financial corruption alone, it should be a complete war on all acts of indiscipline affecting all facets of national life.
“Fighting corruption alone may not guarantee us a stable nation. We must include the culture of entrenchment and protection of social justice and the rule of law to be part of our national live.
....the distortion of the country’s nationhood partly resulted from people circumventing the process through “connections to high places.”
“A distorted society cannot expect the reward of a decent society.
“Corruption is a symptom of the disease of the distortion of our nationhood. We may have a transparent election but the most perfect electoral outcome does not translate to the right result.
“When people receive the licence to govern, what does it mean to them and what do they do with it? . “As a country, we must have succession plan, we must have capacity for succession and the institutional capacity to recruit the future leaders and we must create opportunities for young Nigerians to rise to the highest office in the land.