Nigeria: Bishop Kukah, Anti-Corruption and Good Governance (l)

21 August 2015
opinion

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has been in the news in recent days. Many of the reactions to his statements on behalf of the Nigerian Peace Commission were extremely furious and angry, with a few being apologetic on his behalf but hardly any out-rightly adulatory.

The main thrust of the disputations and rebuttals embarked upon by public commentators are two-fold, namely, that Bishop Kukah tended to be apologetic on behalf of former president Goodluck Jonathan and his government currently under close watch, if not totally being investigated for the massive corruption that took place during his aegis to the effect that the nation's economy has virtually crumbled (with an allegation of an empty purse) and, secondly, the academic distinction that Bishop Kukah makes between combating the corruption scourge ravaging the nation and good governance: that the pursuit of the anti-corruption project of the Buhari government does not equate, if fact may impede, good governance. And many have seen this posture as amounting to a nudging at the government to abandon the anti-corruption war, which the populace definitely canvasses and vigorously support.

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