‘We’re done talking, govern better’ – Cardinal Onaiyekan tells Presidency

The Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has told the President Bola Tinubu presidency to govern better, stating that the Catholic Bishops were done talking.

Cardinal Onaiyekan said this connected Monday successful an interrogation connected Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu successful Ogun State, declining to respond to criticisms by the Presidency.

His remark stems from an speech betwixt the Presidency and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, aft the clerics had an assemblage with President Bola Tinubu astatine the State House, Abuja, past week to contiguous their appraisal of the country’s system and security.

According to Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria had nary volition of engaging successful a nationalist speech with authorities spokespersons, pursuing its caller gathering with President Tinubu.

The Christian cleric rejected suggestions that the bishops were speaking lone for Catholics, stressing that their involution was based connected a motivation work to each Nigerians.

“We are done talking. You tin govern better. We didn’t spell determination conscionable arsenic Catholic bishops pushing the Catholic agenda. No. We went determination arsenic radical who are with the spiritual mandate to talk to anybody successful the sanction of God.