Between Bishops And Tinubu

Since the Catholic Bishops’ visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the storm of reactions to the event has not abated. For a visit that was supposed to be private, the meeting provided an opportunity for the respected Catholic bishops to share their thoughts on the present suffering of citizens and the challenges the president must confront to alleviate Nigerians’ pain.
Though I have watched a clip in which the president defended INEC’s neutrality and insisted that the economy is working, the media interview granted by John Cardinal Onaiyekan to a television station further widened the gulf in managing the fallout from a meeting that is gradually becoming a tool for opposition politician...