President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to make use of their variety for the nation’s stability and fast growth.
He spoke on Sunday in Rome, Italy, when he obtained members of the Catholic Bishops’ Convention of Nigeria (CBCN). The President additionally issued a stirring name to leaders in any respect ranges to work for the betterment of the citizenry.
President Tinubu, a Muslim, in an announcement by Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, stated: “If we use our variety not for adversity however for prosperity, the nation’s hope is stability and progress.”
He described it as historic, being the President of Nigeria when a brand new Pope was inaugurated in Rome.
The Catholic Bishops have been a part of President Tinubu’s delegation to attend Pope Leo XIV’s set up mass on Sunday.
Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri Diocese and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Convention of Nigeria, thanked President Tinubu for facilitating their visits to the Vatican to bury the late Pope Francis and witness the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV.
He stated the event signalled a brand new period of a extra strong relationship between the President and the Catholic Bishops’ Convention.
“You might be at all times there for us. Now that you’ve got come to the Vatican, each time we now have our convention in Nigeria, we may also invite you, and we sit up for interfacing with you simply as you have been capable of do with the Holy Father,” he stated.
Archbishops Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Alfred Martins of Lagos, and Mathew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, additionally attended the assembly with the President.
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