Abuja, 10 July, 2023 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
To address the “countless challenges” the people of God in the West African nation of Nigeria are experiencing, the country’s leaders need to practice sincerity, equitability, and prudence in addition to “fervent prayers”, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama has said.
In his Sunday, July 9 homily at the Sacred Heart Parish of his Metropolitan See, Archbishop Kaigama of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese said, “The current hardships faced by Nigerians can be addressed only if there is sincere leadership across the board, prudent management of resources, equitable distribution of resources/positions of authority, and fervent prayers.”
Making reference to the first reading from the book of Zachariah, the Nigerian Catholic Archbishop highlighted other practices Nigerians need to undertake to surmount the current hardships.
He said, “Zechariah today raises our hope that as a nation faced with countless challenges, we shall overcome them when we take the path of humility, responsible use of our resources, sincere attention to the poor, with leaders who are truly agents of social harmony, and peace.”
“Political progress or success is not about the millions or billions of Naira in the pockets of a few or about how influential officials can swing to their side the pendulum of important decisions to the utter neglect of the poor and miserable,” the Local Ordinary of Abuja since November 2019 cautioned.
