CORRUPTION: It’s Not The Business Of The Church To Catch Thieves – Kukah
Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto state has called on the federal government not to place the inefficiency in the fight against corruption on the church.
“Nigeria is governed by rules and regulations and constitution, it is not the business of the church to catch thieves and set up court.”
The bishop made the call speaking at the national grand finale celebration of the Year for Consecrated Life at the weekend in Abuja.
“Nigeria is governed by rules and regulations and constitution, it is not the business of the church to catch thieves and set up court. It is the responsibility of the state but often you mistake the inefficiency and ineptitude of the state for the failure of religion. What you should be saying is: what will the state be without religion? So if there are thieves walking the street free, you ask the state and the court not the church.
“People should not mistake the responsibility of the state for the church. The church cannot send you to prison because you did not come to church but the state can punish you for stealing,” he stressed.
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The cleric also called on consecrated people to emulate the life of Jesus Christ and stressed that for church every human was its concern.
“The challenge for us is to look closely to our Christian responsibilities, our cardinal principle is love and it comes through service. What we are talking about is the extent to which consecrated life, you are called upon to be the light and salt of the world,” he added.
A few weeks ago, Bishop Kukah sent a strong message to churches in the country that are being run with billions of Naira.
He accused the catholic churches of sometimes trying to make profit from religiosity and urged them to desist from seeing themselves as business ventures.
Speaking earlier about Buhari’s fight against corruption, the cleric had described it as a noble one but noted that battling corruption alone might not guarantee Nigeria as a stable nation.
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