{"id":169765,"date":"2022-03-30T14:50:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=169765"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:50:47","slug":"kukah-politics-wont-change-nigerias-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/30\/kukah-politics-wont-change-nigerias-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kukah: Politics won&#8217;t change Nigeria&#8217;s situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese has accredited the\u00a0current lack of good governance in Nigeria to a lack of knowledge among those holding the mantle of power in the country and not politics.<\/p>\n<p>The remark was made by Kukah\u00a0when he paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented the unfortunate trend of tribal and religious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/04\/reconsider-gender-bills-to-curb-discrimination-against-women-aisha-buhari-tells-nassembly\/\">discrimination<\/a> in the academic circle and called for understanding among the academics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to end by making a point. If the Universities do not sit up and the respect and respectability do not come back to the universities, which are the highest level of education and knowledge, nothing will happen in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t mean disrespect, but we know that only with the late Yar\u2019adua may his soul rest in peace, was the first Nigerian President with a university certificate, to tell you how serious our situation is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo whenever I have the opportunity, I like to encourage members of the university community because they are engaged in a long-suffering job that the country itself does not recognise and appreciate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to hope and pray that sooner than later, the whole problem about the relationship between federal and state government and the university community will be a thing of the past. Because frankly if this does not happen, politics will not change our country, it is only knowledge that can change our society\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"primisslate\">\n<p>Kukah also said that academia has a major role to play in the development of the country, adding that Nigerians living abroad are being appreciated for their good jobs in universities that have made names on the global level.<\/p>\n<p>In his address, the Vice-Chancellor explained that there are no incidences of discrimination in the university as everyone is treated equally irrespective of his tribe or religion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn FUDMA we give equal opportunity to all irrespective of their inclinations so that one can be useful to himself and his community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy doing this we have found students that are highly responsible and disciplined,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese has accredited the\u00a0current lack of good governance in Nigeria to a lack of knowledge among those holding the mantle of power in the country and not politics. 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