The
Catholic bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has asked President
Muhammadu Buhari to get serious with reviving the sick economy instead of
shifting blames to past leaders of the country. The president, his handlers and
cabinet members have constantly blamed past leaders and administrations as responsible
for the current economic crisis Nigeria is facing.
In a
recent report, the president was quoted as saying he inherited nothing from the
past leaders. As a result, northern leader, Senator Joseph Waku asked that
former presidents including Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan
should be probed. But speaking at the Catholic Bishops Conference dinner night
held at the International Event Centre (DOME) in Akure, Ondo state, Kukah
declared: “The previous government did not only do bad things; it did a lot of
good things. “And I think the business of government is not our business; our
business is if the previous government did bad, that is why we voted a new
government.
Bishop Kukah
“We
did not vote a government to complain about yesterday. If we wanted yesterday,
the new government would not be there. It is really about taking
responsibility. “No matter how much you praise or abuse Jonathan, he is not the
President of Nigeria. I think that people must understand that you take power
to solve problems not to agonize. “As the head of a family, no matter how bad
things are: no food in the house; you as a father cannot enter the house
crying.
“It
is the question of developing the mechanism, else you can’t solve the problem.
“Even my best friends in APC now realize that nobody can sing the song about
Jonathan being responsible for the problems we are in. “We are not asking you
to change the whole world, but Jonathan created problems: we are now riding a
train between Abuja and Kaduna now; the train was not there before. “Things
that Jonathan did that can help Nigeria, let us continue with them. “The bad
things that Jonathan did and those who deserve to go to prison should go to
prison.
“But
sending people to prison will only be useful if it puts bread on the table of
people.”
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