The Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto,
Matthew Kukah, says there is a need for President Muhammadu Buhari’s
ministers to publicly declare their assets just as Buhari did last
month.
Kukah, who is also a member of the
National Peace Committee, said this at an annual programme titled, “The
Platform,” which was organised by the Covenant Christian Centre in
Lagos, on Thursday.
He said, “Buhari has an opportunity now.
I don’t think many of you have been to Buhari’s house in Kaduna but I
have been there and I know what it looks like. You heard about his
declaration of assets. He must, therefore, make minimum demands of moral
conduct and probity from his ministers. As Nigerians, we must ask
ourselves what drives corruption.
“Corrupt people are not necessarily bad
people. A lot of them are not bad people because they do a lot of good
things. But we live in a country where too many good people are doing
too many bad things.”
The cleric said Buhari must set standards for his ministers on the kind of lifestyles they and their families must live.
He said for instance, it would be good if the President demands that all the children of his ministers must school in Nigeria.
Kukah added, “For me, if you are a
minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, your children must have
their education in Nigeria. That will be good.”
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