Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has lamented over hardship and increasing hunger in the country under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kukah said he recall Buhari saying after assuming office in 2015, that "from the decay and neglect, it seemed as if preceding governments had been doing nothing but just eating and going to the toilet!".
Comparing the two administrations, Kukah said Nigerians were better off under the PDP administration than the current administration where they have no food to eat talk more of going to the toilet.
The cleric stated this in his controversial Christmas message on 25th of December.
His words, "As our country drifts almost rudderless, we seem like people travelling without maps, without destination and with neither Captain nor Crew. Citizens have nowhere to turn to."
"After he assumed power, a delegation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference had audience with President Buhari. In the course of our discussion, the President shared with us his frustration over the state of decay and rut that he had met."
"In frustration, I vividly recalled him saying that, from the decay and neglect, it seemed as if preceding governments had been doing nothing but just eating and going to the toilet! Looking back, one might conclude that those were happy times because at least there was food to eat and people could go to the toilet."
"Now, a journey to the toilet is considered by the poor an extra luxury. Our country’s inability to feed itself is one of the most dangerous signs of state failure and a trigger to violence."