Abuja, 19 June, 2023 / 4:31 pm (ACI Africa).
The Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has cautioned the citizens of the West African nation against the “spirit of exclusivism” exemplified in the “better than thou attitude”, and called for the fostering of “harmonious social relationships”.
In his Sunday, June 18 homily at St. Mary’s Kary Parish of his Metropolitan See, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama said that amid many challenges, Nigeria is “badly in need of the good news.”
“How our country could be very great if only we avoid ‘better than thou attitude,’ or the spirit of exclusivism and we obey God’s commandments and work towards harmonious social relationships,” Archbishop Kaigama said.
He added, “Nigeria has been too long in the news for the wrong reasons: for terrorism, kidnapping, cybercrime, drug trafficking, banditry, fraud, corruption.”
The Nigerian Catholic Archbishop also decried corruption and “wastage of resources”, saying that these evils have resulted in Nigeria attracting financial aid from “smaller countries in Europe with far fewer resources”.
