Kukah said this in an interview with PUNCH when he was asked how he felt about such an offering to the church while the society was riddled by people who lacked basic necessities of life.
He said: “This (N42m tithe) is ‘chicken feed’ compared to what contractors and businessmen and women are paying to corrupt church men, who are largely partners in crime and claim to be praying for rich people.
“So, it is important to check and cross-check your facts. You should educate us by telling us what really happened now that the right hand knows what the left is doing.”
Kukah further said the anti-corruption efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration lacked a clear strategy and “proper understanding of the enemy”.
The cleric added that the President was still stuck with a mindset of his military days.
The Catholic bishop maintained that he was against the metaphor of “war” as a strategy to fight corruption.
He expressed sadness that even with the metaphor that hadd been adopted by the government to tackle corruption, the desired results had not been achieved.
Kukah said it did not speak well of the government’s anti-corruption efforts when the national assembly and the executive could not agree on a pick for Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman.
“It is not enough to say we will fight the corrupt, especially when the President is still stuck in a mindset of his military days, which sees corruption as something that wicked and unpatriotic politicians and office holders are doing. Still, we believe that corruption is what the political class has done,” he said.
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Edited from Daily Post
Really! It is well
ReplyDeleteHe has a point if you digest the message.
ReplyDeleteWell comprehended and so much point..
DeleteBut come to think of it, can a man who suffered a lot has this huge amount to pay for as a tithe?
Mc pinky
Church business!,..
ReplyDeleteVery lucrative!...
I must open mine!!...
Kikikikiki!
DeleteQueen CHURCH OF LESBIANS huh?
DeleteChicken feed money? Ha!
ReplyDeleteThe man is smart! Read carefully and understand his focus is on the careless use of the word *war* in fighting corruption.
ReplyDeleteHe is very correct. Pres Buhari has a good vision towards corruption but lack a clear strategy to execute it. Blood of the military times is still in him
ReplyDelete42 million is chicken feed? I concur. It's a mindset on how we look at money.
ReplyDeletei have noticed that most people who comment on this blog only read the headline and then make their comments. what Kukah was saying is that 42 million is too small compare to what corrupt people give as tithe and they blessed and prayed for by their pastors. 42 million is 10% of 420 million. the man that owns that 13 billion that was discovered recently, if he wants to give his tithe how much do you think he will give? 1.3 billion. friends we should try and bring back the reading culture in us, trust me lack of reading is affecting our society
ReplyDeleteYou should read comments before commenting we ain't brainless.By the way you are dumb 'cause bvs understood Kukah same way you did before rushing to comment
Delete....message taken out of context!
ReplyDeleteWhy can't people read and assimilate b4 commenting; u only read d headline and comment. BTW, this is not d whole interview and I'm sure Stella included Edited but some people are so bent on their ways they can't even read n understand. Tueh. Greatlady...pls go back and READ again.
ReplyDeleteMhiz i can bet you didn't read comments or perhaps you did not comprehend the comments.
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