Buhari’s wife, too, is critical of his policies – Bishop Kukah

Buhari’s wife, too, is critical of his policies – Bishop Kukah

Buhari’s wife, too, is critical of his policies – Bishop Kukah: The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has stated that Aisha Buhari, the First Lady, does not agree with her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies. On Tuesday morning, Kukah revealed this in an interview with Arise TV.

While echoing his arguments, the Bishop stated that he had no personal animosity toward the president, but that he disagrees with his policies, which Aisha also does.

Kukah said, “All those saying I attacked the president, I have never attacked his person. All I have spoken about is his inability to manage diversities effectively and efficiently. I have studied diversity as a subject and I know what I am talking about.

“Those who think these things are personal would see that I have never talked about his person or character; I believe he is a gentleman but as far as being the president is concerned, he has done a bad job, even his wife has also disagreed with his policies.

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“So, those guys should not sit in their air-conditioned office drinking coffee and think everything is honky-donkey. Let them disagree with the text of my message.”

According to him, he has great regard and admiration for the president and his person, whom he considers a gentleman, but for his job performance as president, he has failed miserably.

According To Kukah, “Let me set the record straight, I delivered my sermon to my congregation and the message. The bearers of the message are directed primarily to the good people of Sokoto dioceses.

“The president knows that I have great respect for him and he is a gentleman, but he has done a terribly bad job as the president of Nigeria.

“There is nothing I am saying that is new, all the pastors who preached yesterday during the Easter service said the same thing. Tell me one thing about the message that I preached that you disagree with and let’s discuss.”

The Bishop affirmed he addresses with the president said that his criticism of the government is nothing personal but the zeal to see things get better in the country.

He added, “For a Muslim (Garba Shehu) to sit down and tell me what an Easter message should contain is something.

“Buhari himself knows that there is nothing personal in what I say. One thing the president has said that humbled me is that he told me ‘Bishop Kukah, I know where you stand on any issue that has to do with Nigeria.’

“What connected me with Buhari and a lot of Muslims is not the catholic church, it is my public position on a lot of things. And I am not saying it so that you must agree with me.

But Nigerians have been extraordinarily magnanimous because I have not had many people saying we disagree with you and I have not spoken because I know the issue. The primary beneficiary of what I say is me, and I speak for myself. If you have any issues with me, let’s clarify the issue.”

TrendsOfLegends Media Comments/Views/Opinions:

We are that the criticisms of the first lady are very constructive, and it is one that will help the president perform better. Constructive criticisms are better than destructive criticisms.