By Ola Kay
Bishop Matthew Kukah has criticized the manner of distribution of palliative to Nigerians in a bid to mitigate hardship in the country.
Kukak, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, observed such moves are undignifying and governments should fashion out better ways of addressing national crisis.
Bishop Kukah stated this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics segment. He said that Nigerians are not looking for handouts , querying government’s methods.
The clergy state that, “We need to see a much more robust programme designed by the government to help us go away from just lining up and collecting palliative when we are not at war.
“I think it is the height of indignity to see Nigerians lining up every day under the sun and waiting to collect bags of rice which probably never come not because money has not been given but because everybody who gives out money in Nigeria from the Federal Government knows that a good part of this money is always stolen. Nigerians are not looking for handouts.
…….”There is a feeling that at the top there is no political will…I believe the Nigerian military is pretty well-equipped. The question we should ask ourselves is why fighting insecurity has been so much institutionalised.”
On the the way forward fighting insecurity in the in the country, Bishop Kukah said, “Ordinary farmers just want to go back to their farms.
” People just want to be able to get back to their lives. Ending insecurity is the beginning of this healing and a decisive programme and plan to end is the beginning of the healing.”
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