Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew
Kukah
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew
Kukah, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to send
public officials found guilty of embezzlement to prison.
He also said the President should set minimum standard of
human behaviour for ministers that would be named in his
cabinet.
Kukah, who spoke at “The Platform” – a programme
organised by the Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos on
Thursday on the topic “Nigeria: Euphoria, Hysteria and
Dementia, still a Long Walk to Freedom,” said very little
had changed in 55 years of Nigeria’s independence from
the British colonial masters.
He said, “On the fight against corruption, whether it
involves trials or people going to prison, Buhari has an
opportunity now. He must set minimum standard of moral
behaviour for his ministers.
“Every past government in Nigeria promised to fight
corruption, but left us worse than where they met us. Every
government must have an opposition of itself, not of politics
and political pasts. We need to set minimum standards of
human behaviour that are acceptable to us as individuals
for our leaders.
“The idea that once you become a governor or minister,
several monarchs will start giving you traditional titles
should stop. That is where corruption starts. The idea that
because you are a minister, you have to turn your children’s
wedding to state functions should stop.
“Every minister’s children should get their education in
Nigeria, except if they already have the money and their
children are already there. There should be measures to
fight corruption if we are really serious about it.”
Meanwhile, a professor of economics, Pat Utomi, who was
also at the event, said one of the ways the government
could create economic prosperity for Nigerians is to
decentralise the Central Bank of Nigeria into regional
central banks.
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