By John Akinfehinwa The Catholic Bishop of Idah Diocese Most Rev Anthony Ademu Adaji has lambasted the administration of President B...
By John Akinfehinwa
The Catholic Bishop of Idah Diocese Most Rev Anthony Ademu
Adaji has lambasted the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu saying he
is leading Nigeria into a failed State.
Most Rev Adaji stated this on Sunday at Our Lady Mother of
Mercy Catholic Church Idah to mark his 60th birthday.
Speaking to DAILY POST on the State of the nation, Most Rev
Adaji said “Nigeria is becoming a failed State. In a State, the People can no
longer trust the Government. If you look at the political arrangement right
now, the Governor is in charge of the State through a political party.
“All the Local Government election results are declared with
no single other party winning any election and we still call it democracy.
Democracy is failing in our Country called Nigeria. We can not pretend things
are getting well. It is getting worse every day.
“How can such a Country be gradually sinking and becoming a
failed State? We cannot pretend about that. The Politicians in Nigeria are not
helping democracy to grow. So, you can not tell me that in a particular State,
that is being controlled by a particular political party, there is no Local
Government that can make an alternative choice as a candidate. This is not true
because I don’t believe that. It is a deliberate attempt by Politicians to
destroy democracy”.
The clergy asserted that the current economic hardship in
the Country was self-inflicted.
According to him, “Nigeria has enough resources that every
child in Nigeria should not be hungry. There is a great endowment of wealth in
this Country, but the mismanagement of wealth has led us to where we are now.
This is the situation Nigerians are facing.
“God has blessed Nigeria abundantly but unfortunately, the
mismanagement of Nigeria’s resources over time has brought us to where we are
now. If nothing is done it can only get worse and never get better”.
Most Rev Adaji rated the administration of President Tinubu
poor, adding that his government has succeeded in impoverishing many Nigerians.
“The removal of fuel subsidy and the escalating price of
goods with many Nigerians dying because of cup of garri and can’t afford to
feed their family, we can’t call that as an administration that is moving
Nigeria forward. It is not at all because we must tell ourselves the truth.
“There is nothing to lose in telling the truth. If the
Government is committed to uplifting this Country forward, the cost of
governance must be cut off. You cannot talk of giving politicians billions of
naira, and many Nigerians are dying because they can’t afford food to eat.
“We can’t accept such a government. It can only be ranked
among Governor’s that have looted the economy. If nothing is done or things
continue like this, the nation is spelling doom, “he added.
He charged Nigerians to pray for a more united country,
stressing that things are getting worse every day.
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