The Presidency on Saturday slammed representatives of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria over their conduct during a recent meeting with President Bola Tinubu, insisting that the clerics were not the sole custodians of truth on the state of the nation.
It also faulted the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, for publicly disclosing details of the closed-door meeting, describing his comments as inappropriate and a breach of the confidentiality expected of such high-level engagements.
In separate statements on Saturday, presidential aides Temitope Ajayi and Daniel Bwala defended Tinubu’s response to the bishops’ criticism of his administration, arguing that the clerics’ assessment of the country’s economy, security and governance reflected only one perspective and was open to scrutiny and rebuttal.
The Presidency’s reaction followed comments made by Onaiyekan during an interview on Prime Time, an Arise Television programme aired on Friday, in which he revealed
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