ACI Africa, Nov 25, 2025 / 16:01 pm

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has reminisced about the days when the West African country was ranked the happiest place on earth and expressed sorrow that the situation is no longer the same today.

In fact, according to the Abuja archbishop, the saddest people on earth today might be in Nigeria, owing to poor governance, insecurity, and corruption.

“Today, certainly, we should be the saddest nation in the world, considering all that has happened since the kidnapping of young, innocent Chibok girls,” Kaigama said in his homily on Sunday, Nov. 23, at St. Luke’s Parish, Kubwa .

“We seem to be so traumatized by how badly we are treated that we hardly ask tough questions,” he added.

The archbishop

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