…says bad leadership major cause of Nigeria’s afflictions …warns against electoral manipulation, backs security emergency, demands tougher action The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take urgent and decisive steps to rescue the country, as it warned that Nigeria was drifting deeper into insecurity, economic sabotage and democratic decline. In a communiqué titled “Leadership for the Common Good” issued at the end of its First Plenary Meeting held at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) on Wednesday in Abuja, the bishops declared that poor leadership and a distorted understanding of politics were at the root of Nigeria’s worsening afflictions. While endorsing President Tinubu’s declaration of a national security emergency and th...