Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says he has never been
unsure of Nigeria's government like the way he is presently. The
respected cleric said this at the launch of a book, ‘Religion and the
making of Nigeria’ in Abuja yesterday.
"As a Nigerian and a citizen, I have always been an incurable optimist.
But I have never been as unsure about the future of this country as I am
now.
People say they are killing for religion, but
intentions are not enough. As it is, we may never be able to prosecute
anybody because we have not been able to separate criminality from
religion. In Nigeria, we have a feeling that somehow, people can
genuinely kill in the name of religion. I think that unless Nigeria as a
country is prepared to make laws and ensure that all citizens live by
same and be answerable by the same law, what we are witnessing is a
symptom, not the disease. The creeping inequalities, the inability of
this system to deliver has made us uncomfortable. The point, therefore,
is not for us to keep praying. Should religion lead to the un-making of
Nigeria? The answer is ‘No’. But the government of Nigeria should
separate religion from politics and economics and let everybody make his
claims.”he said
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