Nigeria’s democracy like lottery without fundamentals -Kukah

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said until the challenge of a ‘bread and butter’ mentality was resolved, Nigeria’s democracy could continue to look like a lottery.

Kukah said many people in the country do not appreciate democratic practice due to lack of fundamentals that should be on the ground.

The bishop stated this while delivering a keynote speech at the third annual national public lecture of the First News Newspaper themed, “The Nigerian Question: Survival of the Federation in The Throes of Increasing Economic Challenges”, which was held at the weekend, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

He said, “The good thing about Nigeria is that everybody knows what the problems are, and the people who are responsible for the problems are not also safe, they too do not know peace.

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