Give up luxury cars, Archbishop Tutu tells South Africa government ministers

Desmond Tutu

“The world really thought that we were the cat's whiskers,” Tutu, who is seen as South Africa's moral compass, said referring to the period after the advent of democracy in 1994.

“We can't pretend that we have remained at the same height,” he added with “a plea that we for goodness sake recover the spirit that made us great”. 

While some Nigeria's clergy men, Governors, and other political appointees are busy spending billions
acquiring private Jets, luxury cars, and houses, when million of people in the country are poor, and many dies of hunger, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, has called on government ministers to give up their luxury vehicles to prove they are serious about narrowing the gap between rich and poor.

According to euronews, the 81-year-old said those in government should renounce their “opulent, ostentatious cars” to symbolise sharing the nation’s wealth. “People go to bed hungry in this land,“ he added.

Speaking at a ceremony to mark his winning the Templeton Prize for promoting forgiveness and justice, he said the country had “the horrendous distinction of being the world’s most unequal society”.

Tutu is due to be awarded the prize in London next month.euronews

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