{"id":92025,"date":"2023-07-11T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T09:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-witnessed-ugliest-corruption-under-buhari-kukah"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T12:21:45","slug":"nigeria-witnessed-ugliest-corruption-under-buhari-kukah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/nigeria-witnessed-ugliest-corruption-under-buhari-kukah","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria witnessed ugliest corruption under Buhari \u2013 Kukah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, says Nigeria witnessed the ugliest phase of corruption during the former President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

Kukah made the comment on Monday in Ado Ekiti while delivering a lecture at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the call to bar of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN.<\/p>\n

The lecture was titled, \u2018The future of constitutional democracy in Nigeria: Imperative of a new constitutional order\u2019.<\/p>\n

However, the cleric clarified that the trend didn\u2019t start under Buhari, but maintained that corruption festered under the ex-President\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen the worst phase of corruption in Nigeria. Femi Falana, my friend here, will speak about that because he has published a series of articles talking about what happened under the Buhari administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were not the ones who caused corruption but I think in the last administration, we saw the ugliest phase of corruption whether in moral terms, financial terms, and other terms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kukah, also in his lecture, made a case for men of integrity in the judiciary, particularly at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

The Bishop, while calling on the Federal Government to avoid sentiments in the process of the country\u2019s democratic journey, insisted that upholding the provisions of democracy required selfless service and should not be sentimentally driven to foster development.<\/p>\n

The cleric also frowned at leaders who limited development to their hometowns, saying that it does not project or speak well of the nation\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, says Nigeria witnessed the ugliest phase of corruption during the former President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration. 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