My assessment of the situation in Kaduna State
presently is that Governor Nasir El-Rufai may
have some good intentions for his people - to
sanitize the environment of noise pollution, which
is reasonable. But it is certainly misplaced,
extreme and insensitive for a state as his. I wish
it were not coming from him.

While I would want to justify him, his recent
utterance on the population of the state sells
him out. Reliable statistics have always put the
Christian-Muslim population at 55-45% and at
worst 50-50. But that my amiable governor has
reduced the Christian population to 30% while
the Muslims are 70%, and further in Plateau
State (my home, sweet home) 70% Christians
and 30% Muslims which has never been, calls for
concern and points to some clandestine motives.
More worrisome however in the face of this
development is the silence of the leadership of
the Church in Nigeria. The Christian Association
of Nigeria (CAN), Pentecostal Fellowship of
Nigeria (PFN) and other ancillary Christian
umbrella organizations to this moment still think
all is well.

This calls to mind the scenario of Acts 12: Herod
arrested and killed James and the Church was
silent while his kinsmen, the Jews hailed, so he
went on to arrest Peter, then the Church rose in
prayers and Peter was rescued.

Already we hear that more states are requesting
for copies of the bill. If this bill is successful in
Kaduna and the Church remains silent, then
Peter would be arrested!

While I am an advocate of "reasonable worship"
which is part of what this bill addresses, I doubt
that God has answered my prayer through a
seemingly ulterior motive and bigotry of an
Islamic fundamentalist. Therefore I urge the
leadership of the Church to rise and speak, and
the fellowship of the saints to go on bended
knees in our sacred places today and pray, for if
there is a people to pray, there is a God to
answer.