Nigeria Missed Its Path to Greatness After 1960 – Bishop Kukah

Nigeria Missed its Path to Greatness After 1960 – Bishop Kukah

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has decried Nigeria’s failure to seize its post-independence potential, blaming a lack of visionary leadership, the lingering trauma of political assassinations, and the destructive impact of military rule. Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme Thursday night, Kukah reflected on Nigeria’s 65 years since 1960, lamenting the absence of a unifying national dream to inspire its p…

Northerners yet to forgive Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa assassinations – Bishop Kukah – TheNGblog

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, has disclosed that most elderly Northerners are still aggrieved with the assassinations of Sardauna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello and Nigerian Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa. Kukah said most Northerners in their 70s and 80s are yet to forgive the assassinations of these two Nigerian founding fathers. He disclosed this during an interview on Arise Television’s programme, Prime Time on Thurs…