Buhari’s exit not the solution — Kukah
Kukah said: “Since 1999, when we returned to democracy, we had prayerfully hoped that by now, we would have covered a lot of mileage but almost 20 years later, it seems to be quite a bit of tragedy. “Building a nation is like staying in marriage or pursuing any vocation in life that requires lots and lots of patience and hard work.
“On the issue of 2019 and the third force
coalition, I reiterate that if every time you have problem in your marriage,
you go ahead to marry a new wife, how many wives will you end up marrying? “The
solution to bad marriage is not a new marriage. I am talking as a Catholic
priest. The problem with the APC is that it is a coalition and that is why it
is falling apart.
“The major limitation in Nigeria is that the people in power
feel it is them against the rest of Nigerians.
Democracy has opened up a space, and as such,
anybody who holds power holds that power in custody and in trust for the
people. “People’s right across our country are frustrated with democracy; they
are frustrated because it has not been able to offer them the hope they had
dreamt about. But we still have to convince our people that it is still
probable for democracy to work. “Nations of the world have tried theocracy,
which is the government by Priests or Imams and have found those systems
wanting.
They have tried tyranny, apartheid and so on. At
the end, everybody has agreed that democracy is the best system that
approximates the tool we require to manage diversity, especially for a country
like Nigeria. “Democracy is not what politicians can offer to us, it is not
what the President can give to us, and it is not what governors or senators can
do on part time basis. Democracy is a process which each and every one of us
imbibe, adopt certain ingredients that regulate our lives.”
Vanguard
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