2023 elections: Vote for leaders who value our differences – Catholic  Bishop

The Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna Archdiocese, Most Rev. Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso has called on Nigerians to vote for leaders who value the country’s religious and cultural differences.

Soeaking in an interview with journalists during the celebration of the ‘ Christ the King’ by the Catholic faithful in Kaduna, the Bishop said Nigerians have suffered unimaginable socio-economic hardship in the last seven years.

According to him,” if any candidate or political party dismiss other peoples sensitivity, I think they are sending a message to them. Any candidate who does not care about our religious sensitivity, why should we vote the person into power? It is a waste of votes. Anybody who aspire to lead this country must give every Nigerian a sense of belonging and what is happening now is not giving every Nigerian a sense of belonging.”

“Nigeria is a very diverse country, we all come from different cultural and religious backgrounds and our diversity are not a curse but a blessing from God.”

“We need leaders who can be able to manage this our diversity very well. Therefore if our cultural and religious background should be properly managed, it will enrich our country”.

“Nigeria needs leaders who can manage both religious and cultural differences very well in order to give everybody a sense of belonging.”

“We have leaders who don’t value our cultural and religious differences and that is why there is agitation for self determination. Our leaders are so nepotistic”.

“What we have gone through for the past 7 years in this country is unimaginable. We have never suffered in this country the way we are suffering in the last 7 years, we have leaders who are not able to manage our diversity very well, they are so nepotistic. The damage they have done to this country, I don’t know how many years it will take to fix it.”

“Many Nigerians barely eat two square meal a day… I call on the government to tackle the insecurity bedevilling the country..some of my priests are still in kidnappers den after many months of being abducted by bandits,” he said.