Catholic Bishops condemn “shameful” calls for Nigeria’s break up

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, on Sunday advocated the promotion of social justice for ethnic minorities for peace, unity and development to reign in the country.

The bishops also described as “shameful” calls for Nigeria’s break up.

Its president, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama made the call while declaring open the second plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria for 2017 holding at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cathedral in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.

Mr. Kaigama, who is also the Archbishop of Jos, said that lack of social justice for all in the country was responsible for all the agitations for break-up from its different regions.

He, however, described the calls and hate speeches as shameful, saying there were better options on how to address the nation’s challenges.

“There are shameful calls for break-up of the country and so much hate speeches going on.

“This is not the way out, the way out is to correct the level of injustice that has been done to minority ethnic nationalities in the country,” he said.