Nigerian varsities promoting ethnic, religious biases – Bishop Kukah

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has
said that Nigerian universities are increasingly promoting ethnic and religious
biases.

Kukah made this statement in an interview with Arise TV on
Thursday.

The cleric criticized what he described as a worrying trend
of declining diversity and meritocracy in Nigerian universities, particularly
in Northern Nigeria.

“A mosque was constructed at 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, Usman Dan Fodio, who 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,” Kukah said.