It Has Never Been This Bad in Our Country, Kaduna Bishop Laments 

The Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese, Most. Rev. Matthew Ndagbo-Manoso has lamented the terrible state of affairs in the nation. 

Addressing newsmen on Tuesday at the Annual General Metting (AGM) of the Nigeria Catholic Diocese Priest’s Association held at the Catholic Social Centre, Kaduna, the Archbishop said Nigerians are worst off presently than he has ever witnessed in his 33 years of priesthood. 
He said, “You see, in governance or democratic government if you know you don’t have the capacity to even rule a local government, don’t put yourself forward. The very fact that you put yourself forward you are telling the people that you have the capacity and the know-how.

“Even if you don’t have the know-how I think in leadership, you don’t need to have the know-how. I think you should have the intelligence to get people who know to be able to do the job. Nobody, no matter how intelligent you are, you cannot do it alone.
“Now talking about the present government, I think the simple question that every Nigerian should ask is – my life today and my life before this government came in, what is the difference?. Go on the streets and ask Nigerians, four years on, how is your life compared to before.
“I can tell you I am 33 years in priesthood, I have never seen Nigerians come to my office in tears looking for ordinary food. You see them dressed up in Agbada ( flowing gown), but if they tell you what they are going through, they are not able to feed their families. It has never been this bad in our country.
“We have the resources, I think our leaders should get off their back and do what they need to do, using our resources. We are not poor, we have no business over taking India as the poorest country in the world.
“Officially our population has hit 200 million, and India has over 1.2 billion people, but the resources we have India does not have yet we have over taken them in terms of poverty. I think is shameful.”