Yola, 06 May, 2024 / 10:18 pm (ACI Africa).
The economic situation in the West African nation of Nigeria is worsening by the day, and ordinary citizens have difficulty making ends meet, Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Yola has said.
In his May 4 homily during the 2024 Cathedraticum in his Episcopal See, Bishop Mamza faulted the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government, saying it has “virtually achieved nothing.”
“Our situation in Nigeria is becoming so pathetic. Things are becoming worse day by day,” he said at St. Theresa's Catholic Jimeta Cathedral of his Episcopal See.
The Nigerian Catholic Bishop highlighted the gaps in the country. He said, “Electricity is no longer there; you cannot imagine how prices of things go beyond the reach of the common man.”
“People are hungry. There is no food to eat or water to drink because of the electricity issue because in most households you need electricity to power your boreholes for water supply,” he said, and continued, “Transportation is costly; even salaries are still the way it used to be in the past. People are suffering.”
