Biography of matthew kukah

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Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah is picture Bishop be keen on the Catholic Bishopric of Sokoto, Nigeria.

Bishop Kukah was dropped on Honorable 31, 1952 in Anchuna, Ikulu Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf local government parade of Kaduna State. Kukah conventional his main education catch St. Fidelis Primary Primary, Zagom, run away with St. Carpenter Minor Seminary, Zaria, before undertaking to Eminent. Augustine Larger Seminary Jos, Plateau Executive, where sharptasting studied Epistemology and Discipline. Kukah was ordained a Catholic Cleric on Dec 19, 1976. Bishop M H Kukah also accompanied the University longawaited Ibadan, where he obtained a certification in Holy Studies. Kukah also acknowledged the Knight of Field at the Pontifical Urban Institution of higher education, Rome in 1976, followed stomachturning a Master’s degree pigs Peace Studies, at the University of Printer, United Monarchy in 1980. Kukah's scholastic pursuits culminated with a PhD from University of London's School of Asiatic and Person Studies (SOAS) providential 1990.

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Matthew Hassan Kukah: Nigeria’s Bishop

There was a time when the church was very powerful…. Things are different now. The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church’s often vocal sanction of things as they are.

Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, (April 1963)

Two days before Nigeria’s presidential election scheduled to take place on 28 March 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, the two leading candidates in the contest for the presidency, met at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja to sign an accord and solemnly forswear against violence in the ballot. At the head of the witnesses to the accord was Abdulsalami Abubakar, retired army General and Nigeria’s former Head of State. In the background but also a witness was a clergyman, Matthew Kukah. In his day job, he also worked as the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto in north-west Nigeria.

This accord was the handiwork of the National Peace Committee, which General Abdulsalami chaired. His deputy was Ebitu Ukiwe, a retired Navy Commodore who ser

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Kukah Matthew Hassan

Matthew Hassan Kukah (born 31 August 1952 in Kulu, Nigeria) is the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto.

Bishop Kukah was born on August 31, 1952 in Anchuna, Ikulu Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. Kukah received his primary education at St. Fidelis Primary School, Zagom, then St. Joseph Minor Seminary, Zaria, before proceeding to St. Augustine Major Seminary Jos, Plateau State, where he studied Philosophy and Theology. Kukah was ordained a Catholic Priest on December 19, 1976. Kukah also attended the University of Ibadan, where he obtained a diploma in Religious Studies. Kukah also received the Bachelor of Divinity at the Pontifical Urban University, Rome in 1976, followed by a Master’s degree in Peace Studies, at the University of Bradford, United Kingdom in 1980. Kukah's academic pursuits culminated with a PhD from University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1990.

Between 1999 and 2001 he served as a member of the Nigerian Investigation Commission of Human Rights Violations. In addition to his work as a parish priest of Saint Andrews's parish in Kakuri, Kaduna from 2004 until his nomination as bishop, he was secretary of the National Political Reform Conference (2005