Pope appoint Nigerian Bishop Kukah to top position for Vatican

Pope Leo IV don appoint di Bishop of Diocese of Sokoto, Hassan Kukah, as Member of di Council of di Dicastery for Integral Human Development, for Vatican City.

One statement wey Pascal Salifu, wey be priest and director of communications for Diocese of Sokoto, release on Tuesday, say dem don notify Mr Kukah about di appointment through letter wey Pope send give am. Di statement add say di Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Peter Parolin, sign di letter.

According to di statement, wit dis appointment, Mr Kukah “dey join oda prominent Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops from all over di world to serve five-year term for di Council.”

Di Dicastery dey handle important matters wey concern di Catholic Church Social Teachings, including environment, human rights, migration, human development, social ethics, and odas.

He go serve for di council togeda wit di Cardinal Archbishop of Washington, Walter McElroy; Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, Cardinal Conrad Krajewski of Poland, and Archbishop Fulgence Mugalu of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mr Kukah first receive appointment to di Council for 2022 when Pope Francis reconstitute am.

As e react to di appointment, Mr Kukah say e dey humbled by di opportunity and e thank di Pope for giving am chance to serve di Church. E say di Dicastery really match di areas wey e dey research and e get interest for, and e dey look forward to helping bring di Catholic way of life into public matters for dis world wey human greed don wound well well.