President Bola Tinubu at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration has urged Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora to use the country’s diversity for stability and rapid development.
Tinubu stated this when he received members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria on Sunday at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, Rome.
“If we use our diversity not for adversity but for prosperity, the country’s hope is stability and progress.”
The President also charged leaders at all levels to work for the betterment of the citizens, adding that it was historic to be the president of Nigeria when a new pope was inaugurated in Rome.
The archbishop of Owerri and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Lucius Ugorji, thanked Tinubu for facilitating their visits to the Vatican for the late Pope Francis’ burial and to witness the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV.
The archbishop stated that the development signaled a new era of a more robust relationship between the president and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
The Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Lagos, Alfred Martins, and the Catholic bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, attended the meeting with the President.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was among the 30 Heads of State/Government who witnessed the official coming into office of Pope Leo XIV, who was voted as the 267th Pontiff by the cardinals on May 8.