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According to a statement signed by Rev. Fr. Chris Anyanwu, the Director of Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, on Tuesday in Abuja, Kaigama visited Most Rev. Joseph Bagobiri on the platform of CBCN

The TYI in a statement signed by Folu Olamiti, the Chairman of its Media Committee, alluded to the outcries and complaints from farmers in South West, Delta State, South Eastern states and recently from the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja on the havoc being wreaked by suspected Fulani herdsmen on farmlands

The president, in a statement by Rev. Fr. Chris Anyanwu, Director of Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, in Abuja on Thursday, called on Nigerians to have a rethink with regards to wastage of human lives

Among those on the visit were the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama; Most Rev. Augustine Akubeze; the Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyeka; and the Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Hassan Matthew Kukah

Buhari also said the fight against corruption was for the substance of the nation

While advising Akinolu to withdraw his curse, the CCFN, an organ of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, said monarch is “missing the point that Nigeria is a Republic and a Democracy and not a Monarchy”

The President spoke at the opening mass for the plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria

Kaigama singled out for commendation the governments of Benue, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Lagos and Ekiti States, urging other state governments to partner with the church to improve education in their respective states

Onaiyekan gave the advice in a sermon at the thanksgiving service to mark his 70th birthday at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro Cathedral in Abuja

In a communique after their meeting in Abuja, the Bishops faulted the failure of the rulers to deploy the country’s resources for the good of all