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Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by themomentng: 8:36am On Jan 31, 2018
Matthew Kukah, the Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, says fighting corruption and fixing Nigeria requires more than a God-fearing leader.

Kukah said this recently at the launch of a book titled ‘The Shadow List’ written by Dr Todd Moss.

He said to fight corruption and build the nation is 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,” he said.

“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.”

Kukah said it is wonderful to talk about fighting corruption but that Nigerians cannot fight it if they had not diagnosed the environment “as to why and how about corruption”.

He said it is sad that Nigerians are always excited about a new administration but the excitement never lasts because bad governance often sets in.

The cleric said nobody would have imagined that three to four years down the line, Nigerians would be feeling the way they were feeling now.

He said: “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.”

Kukah said quite a number of Nigerians had decided to make peace with the situation because they had decided that “the building called corruption is too big for them to break down”.

He said unless the building or system which was not serving the people of Nigeria was broken down, citizens, whether Christians or Muslims, would continue to feel the way they were feeling.

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Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by buhariguy(m): 8:37am On Jan 31, 2018
Hahahahaha, just bla bla bla as usual without direction.
This man don't like change, he wish things to continue as before.
Lover of corruption claim to be a Man of God.

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Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by aolawale025: 9:09am On Jan 31, 2018
Kukah's writings are always deep and analytical

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Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by denko(m): 9:16am On Jan 31, 2018
Education is no longer a luxury rather a necessity my friend
buhariguy:
Hahahahaha, just bla bla bla as usual without direction.
This man don't like change, he wish things to continue as before.
Lover of corruption claim to be a Man of God.

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Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by tuniski: 9:21am On Jan 31, 2018
buhariguy:
Hahahahaha, just bla bla bla as usual without direction.
This man don't like change, he wish things to continue as before.
Lover of corruption claim to be a Man of God.
You are empty like buhari. Shior.

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Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by double0seven(m): 9:51am On Jan 31, 2018
tuniski:

You are empty like buhari. Shior.

He has a very good point. Why is he advising national cohesion when what we need is decentralisation.
Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by dokiOloye(m): 9:52am On Jan 31, 2018
Forking junk journalism,misleading and sensational headline.
His Lordship said "Nigeria needs more than a God fearing leader".
Accuracy or near accuracy is very important cos a lot of ppl read only headlines.

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Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by tuniski: 9:57am On Jan 31, 2018
double0seven:


He has a very good point. Why is he advising national cohesion when what we need is decentralisation.
National cohesion is not opposite of decentralization.
A true federation is decentralized but cohered.
America is most decentralized but yet cohered nation in the World.
Former Soviet union was centralized but, collapsed so are many communist/socialist societies.
Nigeria is a contradiction of liberal and conservative ideologies and economies.
Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by papoudaupolos: 9:57am On Jan 31, 2018
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Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by MrMystrO(m): 10:12am On Jan 31, 2018
If you can read and understand what this man is saying, then you will know that he is absolutely right. It takes someone with a very sound, critical and analytical mind to come up with a statement such as his. This is a very smart man and if you are smart you would know that this it's just the reality on ground in Nigeria at the moment.

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Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by TheFreeOne: 11:06am On Jan 31, 2018
buhariguy:
Hahahahaha, just bla bla bla as usual without direction.
This man don't like change, he wish things to continue as before.
Lover of corruption claim to be a Man of God.

You just exposed yourself as an unintelligent individual.

Go back and read the statement again.
Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by SillyMods: 11:07am On Jan 31, 2018
Another confused looting god of men!

grin grin grin
Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by Ladyhippolyta88(f): 11:09am On Jan 31, 2018
In my own opinion this man deserves an award.He always knows how to speak the truth to power and enlighten Nigerians.
Re: Nigeria Does Not Need A God-fearing Leader -kukah by usba: 11:24am On Jan 31, 2018
You want another goodluck that will transfer money to clerics. Kukah tell us another story.

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