The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says
insecurity in Nigeria is as a result of past seeds sowed by the country.
The cleric who spoke on Friday while delivering a lecture at
the 42nd Actualisation conference of Rotary International, District 9110, held
in Abeokuta, Ogun State, noted that the current insecurity in the country will
worsen if Nigeria failed to prioritise education.
Kukah bemoaned the poor state of education and urged
religious institutions, charities, and other humanitarian organisations to
focus their energies on ending illiteracy.
“We are facing the challenges that are the consequences of
our children not having education. Now everybody is fearing bandits, everybody
is fearing Boko Haram, we are reaping today what we sowed yesterday and it will
actually grow worse.
“We have millions of children, at least between 10 to 12 or
15 million children that are on the streets who are begging, each of these children
are growing by the day, the Almijiri that is 10 now, in 10 years time he will
be 20 years so unless we quickly do something the situation may go worse”,
Kukah said.
“We must all try to combat illiteracy because there is no
substitute for education and if we who are educated believe that we are secured
then we must think again”.
Earlier in his good will message, former President Olusegun
Obasanjo charged the Rotary club to step up their efforts to improve the world.
Obasanjo who spoke in a pre-recorded video, called on the
club to keep putting the good of humanity above all else.
The former President exhorted participants to use the opportunity of the conference to rekindle their enthusiasm for improving society and aiding the underprivileged.
The District Governor, Ifeyinwa Ejezie, noted Rotary Club
under her watch has done a lot by focusing on basic education and literacy,
maternal and child health as well as economic empowerment.
She disclosed that the District has taken the issue of
mental health to another level by educating alot of people, adding that drug
abuse among the youths was equally addressed by the club.
Ejezie reiterated Rotary Club’s dedication to humanitarian endeavours within the district and internationally.
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