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Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by Welcomme: 7:21am On Jun 16, 2016 |
Former Minister of Transport and Aviation, Chief
Ebenezer Babatope has warned Governor Rauf
Aregbesola not to plunge Osun state and the
South West into unnecessary war which he
would not be able to handle by the time it starts.
The Ilesha born septuagenarian politician, gave
the warning yesterday when he spoke with Daily
Sun on the religion crisis rocking Osun State, and
made it clear that bringing religion into politics
have done too much havoc in Nigeria.
Babatope said : let the governor not bring
religion into politics because South West have
always been co-existing as Christians and
moslems and we don’t need any governor to
come and be promoting one religion over
another.
“Let him have very good dialogue with the
Christians community and face the governance
that he was elected for, because promotion of
Islamic religion over Christianity was not part of
his campaign promises.
“Let him concentrate on how to pay his workers
salaries and work on how he will never owe
salary again instead of this distraction he is
occupying himself with.” he added.
Babatope lamented that a lot of workers are
suffering in Osun State, where he now lives, and
explained that the governor should be concerned
about the suffering of these government workers
and the people of Osun who are lamenting daily.
According to the former minister, religious crisis
have caused a lot of bloodshed, in Kano, Jos,
Kaduna, Bauchi and many other place in the
North until it graduated into Boko Haram.
“Aregbesola should not sow such seeds of
religious competition in the minds of young
people in the South West now so that they will
not grow up to start promoting religion crisis.
“Is it this hijab or uniform wearing that will make
them to become brilliant students, promote the
standard of education and let them become
useful to the society?” he asked
He then advised all governors in Nigeria to
develop large heart of seeing themselves as
governors to all and not for a particular religion,
ethnic group or political party, saying good
leaders don’t lead that way, except such leaders
don’t want to succeed.
Female muslim and Christian students had
started wearing hijab and church garments to
school to promote their Islamic and Christian
religions in some schools in the state.
This followed the judgement of Osun High Court
that female Muslim students in the state are
allowed to wear hijab to public schools, which
some Christian leaders and owners of missionary
schools like Baptist High School, Salvation Army
Middle School, felt it was a subtle method to
start promoting Islam in their mission schools.
To this end, they urged their Christian students
to as well wear their church garments to school,
which Governor Aregbesola allegedly kicked
against, saying any student caught wearing
unapproved uniform to school will be expelled.
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the
state have kicked against the governor’s action,
saying if he is encouraging Muslim students to
wear Islamic apparel to christian missionary
schools he should not stop Christian students
from wearing their Christian apparel to the such
Christian missionary schools. |
Re: Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by Welcomme: 7:25am On Jun 16, 2016 |
In Sokoto where I am serving, in all govt school,
all student both christian and Muslims must and I
repeat must wear Hijab, not just short hijab but
the very very long one. My question is, since
Nigeria is a secular state, y is Sokoto state govt
forcing all student in respective of ur religion and
belief to wear hijab. U need to see christian girls
in that thing, they dont feel comfortable in it but
they hav no choice. |
Re: Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by Nobody: 7:29am On Jun 16, 2016 |
Pls tell this Aregbe Rascal o! With him Goatee beards!! |
Re: Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by dukie25: 7:34am On Jun 16, 2016 |
Baba Halfusalary is only trying to distract his people from the economic hardship in the state. |
Re: Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by seyema(m): 7:45am On Jun 16, 2016 |
He is such a religious bigot |
Re: Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by DoyenExchange: 7:52am On Jun 16, 2016 |
True talk |
Re: Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by ALMUSTAQIM(m): 7:53am On Jun 16, 2016 |
THE PEOPLE OF OSUN & INDEED THE SOUTH WEST SHOULD PLEASE CO-OPERATE LET OUR GIRLS WEAR THE HIJAB IT MAKES THEM MORE DECENT, RESPECTABLE & GOD FEARING PLEASE LET'S CO-OPERATE WITH AREGBESOLA |
Re: Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by ALMUSTAQIM(m): 7:54am On Jun 16, 2016 |
DoyenExchange: thank you 1 Like |
Re: Don’t Bring Religious War To Southwest, Babatope Warns Aregbesola by demydea: 7:59am On Jun 16, 2016 |
ALMUSTAQIM: Ori é gbale |
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