{"id":38723,"date":"2021-01-07T09:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T09:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38723"},"modified":"2021-01-07T09:21:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T09:21:05","slug":"nigeria-a-huge-waste-land-of-lies-treachery-double-dealing-and-duplicity-kukah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38723","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria a huge waste land of lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity \u2013Kukah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Matthew-Kukah.jpeg\" alt=\"Matthew Kukah\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has described Nigeria as a huge waste land of debris and deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cleric made the comments on Wednesday during the wake mass for Archbishop Peter Yariyock Jatau at St. Joseph\u2019s Catholic Cathedral in Kaduna, while taking a swipe at corrupt politicians in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While delivering his sermon titled; \u201cA Nation in Search of Its Soul\u201d,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/pfn-backs-bishop-kukah-warns-govt-against-using-him-as-sacrificial-lamb\/\">Bishop Kukah<\/a>&nbsp;said that citizens usually complain that the country is full of churches and mosques but cannot find the values of religions in their leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishop Kukah said; \u201cWe sin at home by stealing the nation\u2019s resources but we seek repentance and forgiveness in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem in the guise of lesser or higher pilgrimages,\u201d Arise News quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also likened Nigeria to the proverbial farmer searching for his black goat because darkness is setting in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur nation has become one huge waste land, huge debris of the deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity. Nigerian politicians have turned our politics into a huge trojan horse, a hoax, a hall of guile and dissimulation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeneral frustration was on the rise and evident in domestic violence and inter-communal conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA combination of all these has turned us unto a nation at war with itself,\u201d the Bishop stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has described Nigeria as a huge waste land of debris and deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity. 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