Face Your Job Or Join Politics, Presidency Slams Bishop Kukah’s Easter Message

Face Your Job Or Join Politics, Presidency Slams Bishop Kukah’s Easter Message

by Joseph Anthony
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A file photo of Bishop Kukah and President Buhari

The Presidency has berated the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Kukah, over his criticisms of the government, urging him to face his job or join politics. 

Presidential aide, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Monday evening, hours after the cleric accused the Muhammadu Buhari government, in his Easter message, of dividing Nigerians.
โ€œWe respectfully ask Bishop Kukah to leave government to the voters and the politicians they elect, while he concentrates on his job, as it is expressed in James 1:27: โ€˜Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.โ€™
โ€œOr else, he should put away his clerical garb, join partisan politics and see how far he can go,โ€  he said.
He also accused the cleric of making baseless accusations against the Federal Government. According to the presidential aide, Bishop Kukah chose to use the Easter period, which serves as a period of reflection for Christians, to โ€œmake dissensions and quarrels about the law. His accusatory list against the government revealed only his hatred for themโ€.
โ€œStill, when he accused them of division, he gave no examples: merely assertions emanating from his own mouth. His allegation of ethnic and regional divide was innuendo without proof, and he gave none.
โ€œHis list of things he claims as broken โ€“ from churches to mosques to schools and motorways โ€“ belie all those that have been built, and others built anew during this governmentโ€™s time in office,โ€ the statement added.
The preacherโ€™s criticisms of the government, if for any reason, he said, should be done in the โ€œspirit of gentleness,โ€ the presidential aide said.
He noted that โ€œif Bishops or religious leaders believe they have a willing audience for tales of government error or fragility, they do an injustice to their flock by filling their ears with talk of division and hateful thoughts
โ€œNigeria knows too well Bishop Kukahโ€™s views of the government. He has made quite clear how much he dislikes them from the day they were elected.โ€

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