“In Nigeria what is at issue is not and has never been our diversity, but our capacity to manage it with a sense of fairness, equity and justice.”
The Catholic leader said the former pope, born Karol Wojtyla in Poland, was “these days the object of insulting and unfounded insinuations.”
The president, alongside his aides, some traditional rulers and religious leaders, performed Umrah rituals, amid tight security, upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
The bishop said that this was important because the 2023 elections did not wholly meet the expectations of Nigerians.
Executive Secretary of the Jigawa Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board board told reporters in Dutse on Friday that NAHCON allocated 1,225 seats to the state for the 2023 exercise.
According to the report, the victims were starving after being informed this was part of the way to “go and meet Jesus.”
Mr Buhari, accompanied by some of his aides, is expected to perform the lesser pilgrimage immediately after arriving in Mecca late Wednesday night.
The executive pastor’s job entailed overseeing the church’s daily operations, including control over its finances.
Some states are announcing fares different from the ones jointly agreed by the States and NAHCON and as approved by the government.
