Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah has attributed air and other disasters in Nigeria to corruption and ineptitude on the part of government.
Kukah made this known in a speech in Abuja at the memorial symposium and launch of a N500 million fund for the “60 Angels Memorial Staff Residence” in memory of the 60 students of the Loyola Jesuit College who lost their lives in the 2005 Sosoliso Air crash in Port Harcourt.
He said the disasters were the offshoot of bad governance and corruption that had dogged the country’s development, adding that government officials divert huge resources from public fund, leaving little to carry out strategic development of the country.
“What we are reaping is what the hand of fate has dealt us, namely, a tale of tragedy, misfortune and disaster which has come to be known as governance in Nigeria,” he said.
He remarked that power and transportation have become the bottomless pits into which the nation’s resources are being sunk.
Kukah said the aviation industry would continue to change, but for the citizens to be safe, Nigeria must ride the crest of change and appreciate that aviation is driven by precision technology that has no room for a culture of ‘managing’.
“The tragedy with our situation is that we are unable to learn lessons because of the ‘C’ word – corruption,” he added.
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