Minna, 26 November, 2023 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
There is need for the Nigerian government to plan for ways in which families can cope with life, providing for their day-to-day needs, a Catholic Bishop in the West African nation has said.
In his Keynote address during the National Annual General Meeting of the Church and Society Department of Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) on Tuesday, November 21, Bishop Luka Sylvester Gopep said, “Authorities should provide an enabling mechanism for family economic empowerment and self-reliance.”
The lack of such mechanism, Bishop Gopep said, destroys “family’s growth socially, morally, and economically and it cripples the country, as it is the case with our country Nigeria.”
He attributed the current difficulties in Africa’s most populous nation to poor government policies, bad leadership styles and corruption.
“Most people deeply want to provide for themselves and their families, to work, to use their skills, and to make their own decisions about their finances, their lives, and their futures,” the Auxiliary Bishop of Nigeria’s Minna Diocese added.
