Hardship: Wake up, stop tasking Nigerians to be patient: Catholic Archbishop to Tinubu

Amid the country’s economic difficulties, the Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to wake up and do the right thing before all Nigerians die of hunger.

Archbishop Ndagoso, speaking to journalists after an Ash Wednesday celebration at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral in Kaduna on Wednesday, stated that the government’s faulty policies were to blame for the country’s problems.

Ndagoso went on to say that Nigerian officials should accept responsibility and address the country’s difficulties rather than asking Nigerians to be patient.

“Nigerians are suffering and all of these sufferings are avoidable. But they impose bad policies. Tinubu policies have compounded the problems,” he stated.

He, however, said that Nigeria has never had it so bad before, adding that ineffective leaders are the major problem in the country.

According to him, the government forcefully imposed fasting on Nigerians even before the annual Lent season began.

“Anyone who cares about Nigeria shouldn’t have removed subsidy, Tinubu should have done it gradually and not like bomb blast,” the cleric said.

He, therefore, urged Nigerians, especially Christians, to reach out to the needy, prisoners and the poor during this fasting period in order to put smiles on their faces.

“Help one another, especially the poor among you, you can’t love God without showing it to your neighbours. Love one another as Christ loves his church,” Most Rev. Ndagoso admonished.