{"id":137061,"date":"2024-11-05T17:58:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/worst-period-in-the-nigerias-history-is-over-bishop-kukah-calls-for-unity"},"modified":"2024-11-05T19:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T18:02:29","slug":"worst-period-in-the-nigerias-history-is-over-bishop-kukah-calls-for-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/worst-period-in-the-nigerias-history-is-over-bishop-kukah-calls-for-unity","title":{"rendered":"Worst period in the Nigeria\u2019s history is over \u2013 Bishop Kukah calls for unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Hassan Kukah, has said the worst period in the country\u2019s history is over and urged citizens to be more united.<\/p>\n<p>Kukah spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled, \u2018Judicial Terrorism\u2019 \u2013 \u2018A Macabre Trial and Death Sentences on Some Atvap (Kataf) People\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He said that several problems arose in the country because many citizens do not understand what it means to be without a nation.<\/p>\n<p>He urged citizens to look at places like Gaza and Lebanon and to stop turning against one another.<\/p>\n<p>Kukah said, \u201cWe might assume, and I think we are going to assume, that the worst times in our history are over but let us remain eternally together because what we have and what we hold is a treasure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a heck of a country, and it is a great country and people have laid down their lives for this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to say to Nigerians, you know, we are just joking, because we don\u2019t know what it is to be without a country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did the people of Gaza do? What did the people of Lebanon do? What did the people of Valencia do? We are hearing stories of earthquakes and incredible things happening that are sweeping the lives of hundreds of thousands of people on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in Nigeria, it is us who are collectively turning the knife on ourselves. So I think that going forward, the most important thing for you as a Christian is to develop the spirit of forgiveness, and that nothing will happen that is outside the boundary of the divine will of God,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Hassan Kukah, has said the worst period in the country\u2019s history is over and urged citizens to be more united. 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