Nigeria: Kukah Alleges Mass Looting, Deceit |The Source

By Adesina Soyooye

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, His Lordship, Mathew Kukah, has alleged a mass looting of the national treasury.

According to Kukah, the looting is being perpetrated by a privileged few.

The Bishop spoke in Kaduna  at a wake keep service in honour of the late Archbishop of the Kaduna Archdiocese, His Grace, Peter Jatau.

Said Bishop Kukah: “We sit at home stealing the Nation’s resources, but we seek repentance in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem in the guise of lesser or higher pilgrimages.

“We make money by abandoning projects duly paid for by Government which have adopted contractocracy as a Government mechanism.

“We are allowing others to use our money to develop their infrastructure. Our elites all assembled in Dubai for Christmas and also to welcome the New Year.

“As virtue recedes into sunset in our country, there is an urgent need for us to pause and take stock of what is required to save our country.”

Taking a direct swipe at Government, the Bishop said: “The duty and responsibility of Government is the security and welfare of its people. The Priest is a watchman, one whose duty is to watch over the city, and raise his voice whenever he cites danger.

“Our duty, as Nigerians, is to reject the notion of corrupt Governments that somehow, the Lord has not provided for  every society.

“When they call for us to tighten our belts because there is recession, that oil prices have fallen, that there are problems with balance of payments, and so on, the Priest at the duty post must say what he can see, namely, that when those who preside over the affairs issue a bad cheque, it must be resisted, that when they pretend that the economy faces bankruptcy, or that there are insufficient funds, we must reject those and insist on the equitable use of the resources for the common good for all.

“Our Nation has become one huge waste land, huge debris of the deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing, and duplicity.”