Abuja, 25 June, 2021 / 7:12 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has asked the federal government to collaborate with the Church to ensure that there is a clean and healthy environment in the West African country.
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama who made the appeal during the launch of a climate improvement program said, “Nature has been wounded and the Church needs to be part of the healing process.”
“We are interested in collaboration with the government. We must work together to beautify the earth and to create harmony and order in our society,” Archbishop Kaigama said during the launch of the seven-year program dubbed, "Care for Our Common Home".
In his message during the June 19 event, the Archbishop also asked the Nigerian government not to frustrate initiatives by the Catholic Church in her effort to serve people of God in the West African country.
“When we are doing it our way, providing the quality schools and clinics that we are able, sometimes we suffer a lot of interference from the ministries. They disturb us with taxes and so on. They believe that we are making money," the Nigerian Archbishop recalled.
