{"id":61944,"date":"2025-03-02T03:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T03:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61944"},"modified":"2025-03-02T03:21:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T03:21:25","slug":"embrace-integrity-justice-archbishop-kaigama-urges-nigerian-leaders-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/02\/embrace-integrity-justice-archbishop-kaigama-urges-nigerian-leaders-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Embrace integrity, justice, Archbishop Kaigama urges Nigerian leaders, citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has called for a moral and spiritual reawakening in Nigeria, urging leaders and citizens to embrace integrity, justice, and selfless service as the bedrock of national progress.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an exclusive interview with <em><strong>Abuja City Journal<\/strong><\/em> , Archbishop Kaigama expressed deep concern over the growing wave of insecurity, economic hardship, and political instability, which he described as symptoms of a nation in dire need of ethical renewal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country is blessed with immense human and natural resources, yet we struggle due to poor leadership, corruption, and moral decadence,\u201d he lamented, saying \u201cIf we truly desire change, we must return to the values of honesty, accountability, and respect for human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Archbishop emphasized the role of faith communities in fostering unity and national development, stressing that religious leaders must rise above ethnic and political sentiments to guide their followers toward peace and justice.<\/p>\n<p>On the Church\u2019s role in nation-building, he reaffirmed the commitment of the Catholic Church to education, healthcare, and humanitarian services, noting that faith must be translated into concrete action that uplifts the most vulnerable in society.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned against religious extremism, urging Nigerians to uphold tolerance, dialogue, and mutual respect in order to heal divisions and build a stronger nation.<\/p>\n<p>As the country grapples with numerous socio-political and economic challenges, Archbishop Kaigama\u2019s message serves as a clarion call for a collective awakening; one that demands moral rectitude, selfless leadership, and unwavering faith in Nigeria\u2019s potential for greatness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has called for a moral and spiritual reawakening in Nigeria, urging leaders and citizens to embrace integrity, justice, and selfless service as the bedrock of national progress. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Abuja City Journal , Archbishop Kaigama expressed deep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":61945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-61944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61946,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61944\/revisions\/61946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}