The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has urged the President Bola Tinubu administration to address the food crisis ravaging the country.
Kukah stated this while making his remarks on Friday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) unveiling of the Progressive Institute in Abuja.
“Nigerians are hungry and something urgent needs to be done,” Kukah said.
He also called for urgent steps to be taken to reduce the cost of fuel.
Nigeria currently battles one of the worst food crises in history, with food inflation pegged at over 40 per cent by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The ongoing increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol from around N585 per litre to almost N900 per litre by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has also sparked uproar in the country, with many calling for a reversal.
The bishop said unless democracy was built on an intellectual foundation, “it will be built on sand”.
According to him, politics must be seen as a science to deliver good governance and not a game of looting.
He also said the Kukah Centre desires to raise the bar.
While noting that he is not a politician, the clergyman, however, said he is political and believed in promoting quality leadership.
The event had governors, ministers, party leaders and other appointees of government from both national and state levels present.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, was also in attendance, as well as representatives of Vice President, Kashim Shettima, and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
