The Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah,
has said that Aisha Buhari, the wife of
the Muhammadu Buhari, also agrees with what he said about her husband.
Kukah made this known in an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday
morning monitored by our correspondent.
The Bishop while echoing his points said that he has nothing
personal against the president but he his policies which Aisha also disagrees
with.
Kukah said, “All those saying I attacked the president, I
have never attacked his person. All I have spoken about is his inability to
manage diversities effectively and efficiently. I have studied diversity as a
subject and I know what I am talking about.
“Those who think these things are personal would see that I
have never talked about his person or character; I believe he is a gentleman
but as far as being the president is concerned, he has done a bad job, even his
wife has also disagreed with his policies.
“So, those guys should not sit in their air-conditioned
office drinking coffee and think everything is honky-donkey. Let them disagree
with the text of my message.”
According to him, he has great respect for the president and
his person who he considers a gentleman but when he accesses him as a
president, he has failed woefully in the delivery of his job.
He said, “Let me set the record straight, I delivered my
sermon to my congregation and the message. The bearers of the message are
directed primarily to the good people of Sokoto dioceses.
“The president knows that I have great respect for him and
he is a gentleman, but he has done a terribly bad job as the president of
Nigeria.
“There is nothing I
am saying that is new, all the pastors who preached yesterday during the Easter
service said the same thing. Tell me one thing about the message that I
preached that you disagree with and let’s discuss.”
Kukah who affirmed that he speaks directly with the
president said that his criticism of the government is nothing personal but the
zeal to see things get better in the country.
He added, “For a Muslim (Garba Shehu) to sit down and tell
me what an Easter message should contain is something.
“Buhari himself knows that there is nothing personal in what
I say. One thing the president has said that humbled me is that he told me
‘Bishop Kukah, I know where you stand on any issue that has to do with
Nigeria.’
“What connected me with Buhari and a lot of Muslims is not
the Catholic Church, it is my public position on a lot of things. And I am not
saying it so that you must agree with me. But Nigerians have been
extraordinarily magnanimous because I have not had many people saying we
disagree with you and I have not spoken because I know the issue. The primary
beneficiary of what I say is me and I speak for myself. If you have any issues
with me, let’s clarify the issue.”
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