Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Kukah, has asked President Bola Tinubu to urgently address the food crisis in the country.
Kukah spoke while making his remarks on Friday, at the All Progressives Congress (APC) unveiling of the Progressive Institute in Abuja.
According to him, “Nigerians are hungry and something urgent needs to be done.”
The clergyman also called for urgent steps to be taken to reduce the cost of fuel.
In attendance were governors, ministers, party leaders and other appointees of government, from national and state levels present.
George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), was also in attendance, as well as representatives of Vice President, Kashim Shettima, and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
Nigeria is currently battling one of the worst food crises in history, with food inflation pegged at over 40 per cent by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The ongoing increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol from around N585 per litre, to almost N900 per litre by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has also sparked uproar in the country, with many calling for a reversal.
While speaking further, the bishop said unless democracy was built on an intellectual foundation, “it will be built on sand.”
According to him, politics must be seen as a science to deliver good governance and not a game of looting.
He also said the Kukah Centre desires to raise the bar.
While noting that he is not a politician, the clergyman, however, said he is political and believed in promoting quality leadership.
In his remarks, the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje noted that the Progressive Institute is to ensure that the ideology of the party is institutionalised.
He said it will also serve as the official policy think-tank of the party, and provide a platform for discussion between the party, Nigerians, the academic society and the media, to promote inclusiveness.
