The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah has accused public Universities in the North or barring the establishment of Churches.
Speaking about the declining diversity and meritocracy in Nigerian universities when he featured on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’, Kukah expressed dismay over the closure of doors to churches in universities in Northern Nigeria.
The cleric said, “A mosque was constructed in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. I delivered a convocation lecture in Calabar three weeks ago. After my lecture, the Chief Imam of the university came to congratulate me.
“But as I speak to you, Usmanu Dan Fodio University, which is over 40 years old, Bayero University, and other universities in northern Nigeria have decided to close their doors to the possibility of churches being built in the universities across this country.
“All this fanaticism we are seeing is expressed in public life. If students in the university or at the point of their growing up are not allowed to integrate and interrelate, and if churches or mosques cannot be built across this country, then there is a problem.
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