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»Attackers of carpenter in Kaduna must be
punished

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and
Founder of the Kukah Centre for Faith, Leadership
and Public Policy, Most Rev. Mathew Kukah
yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari
cannot throw away the 2014 National Conference
Report, given that the report was a sacred and
quintessential document of Nigeria.
Kukah spoke to journalists ahead of the Fixing
Nigeria Initiative event, slated for June 16, 2016
in Abuja, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s
governance system and addressing critical
leadership challenges confronting the nation.
He contended that the resolutions and
recommendations inherent in the National
Conference Report were sacrosanct in
engendering a sustainable and peaceful nation
devoid of rancor, and therefore, could not be
dismissed or thrown away to the garbage hip of
history.
The Bishop, who was Co-Secretary of the National
Conference, took time to explain the imperatives
of the 2014 National Conference Report, arguing
that “the president cannot throw it (report) away;
archives are archives. Thank God he did not say
he will throw it into the dustbin.
“We are not in a military regime. The president
cannot wake up and say the National Assembly
should be closed. A lot of the powers have been
taken from the President,” he added.
Kukah’s position came on the heels of comments
credited to President Buhari where he was quoted
to have stated that “I haven’t even bothered to
read it or ask for a briefing on it, and I want it to
go into the so-called archives.”
The comments have elicited severe criticisms,
with many accusing the President of arrogance
and complete disregard for the sanctity of Nigeria
and its citizenry.
Also, speaking against the backdrop of the attack
on a Carpenter, Mr. Francis Emmanuel by some
Muslim Youth in Kakuri, Kaduna State this week,
Kukah stated that such savagery was totally
unacceptable, calling for the trial and punishment
of culprits involved in the attack.
The Bishop, who deplored the increasing spate of
religious extremism in the country, held that such
attacks as occasioned by the brutal killing of 74
year old Mrs. Bridget Agbahime in Kano and the
attack of Mr. Emmanuel were unwarranted,
calling on the government to expedite action in
bringing the perpetuators of such heinous crimes
to book.
Kukah said: “The ugly things we have seen in the
last one week, like the attack in Kaduna; this is
totally unacceptable. Somebody goes out to buy
food and you attack him and say why are you not
fasting? It is totally unacceptable. The culprits
must be arrested, tried and punished. There is no
other way you can end this impunity,” he
stressed.

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That is the stand of well meaning Nigerians .

If we all want to hear the truth, PMB has no business with that document.
The document is not binding on him or anybody.
The people that need the document is the National assembly, so that it may gain revelance.
So Father, please make your demand on NASS, there are the apporpriate quarters here.

pharmagba:
If we all want to hear the truth, PMB has no business with that document.
The document is not binding on him or anybody.
The people that need the document is the National assembly, so that it may gain revelance.
So Father, please make your demand on NASS, there are the apporpriate quarters here.

The conference was not set up by the NASS but instead,by the president. For NASS to consider the document, the document has to be sent to NASS by the president. Mind you also, there are sections of the documents that does not need NASS approval.

hmmm

He has already dumped it. A short sighted, divisive person not fit to be a ruler.

Sealeddeal:
The conference was not set up by the NASS but instead,by the president. For NASS to consider the document, the document has to be sent to NASS by the president. Mind you also, there are sections of the documents that does not need NASS approval.

Please let's not trade in ignorance. Go and see a lawyer

Father Kukah, which part of the constitution supports the Conference?

Until the constitution is amended to recognise confab and referendum, such gatherings are mere jamboree and carnival gatherings.