Daily Sun reports that the Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA ) has set its sights on the Minister of Interior, General Abdulrahman Danbazau (rted.), accusing him of flouting section 10 of the Nigerian Constitution (as amended) by taking directives from a private religious leader – the Sultan of Sokoto – in adjusting a national holiday from two to three days.
The group also faulted the Federal Government for creating a considerable degree of uncertainty and causing commotion to businesses and the private sector by the unilateral and impromptu declaration of the extension of the public holiday to mark the end of the fasting season by Muslims.
HURIWA in a statement jointly issued by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and Media Affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, said the Constitution clearly provided that no particular religion should be elevated to a status of a state religion.
The Rights group said the wording of the official press statement authorised by the Interior Minister conveyed the impression that the government has tacitly adopted one of the two foreign religions as its official religion. This the group said is absolutely unconstitutional and must be denounced forthwith.
It further said that the business community in other parts of the globe will see the country as economically unstable if the political leaders were allowed to get away with the political vice and criminality of arbitrarily extending days of national public holidays at the whims and caprices of certain persons with ulterior religious sentiments.‎
“We are worried that at a time that President Muhammadu Buhari is accused of appointing and allocating almost 80 percent of all the strategic military and paramilitary positions to HAUSA/FULANI Moslems from the North, and at a time the entire maritime and crude oil sector are dominated by appointees by Buhari from his Northern region, the Minister of Interior who recently appointed an entirely Moslem and Northern heads of agencies under the Interior Affairs ministry is conveying this sinister impression that Islam is now the official religion. We condemn this total (Click on the link below to read more )
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This is Comedy of governance

kaorama:
This is Comedy of governance

Comedy government indeed.

No body should beg Bubu about this, the more they Northernize and Islamize the Coutry, the faster their end will come, this I know for sure.

A dullard who thinks governance is a child play is in power. Giving priority to ceremonies and traveling than facing the collapsing economy of our nation. Soon he will be using one full months as public holiday to celebrate all the children of Mohammed.

Well.. Il keep saying this *gatch ya sef a gun* and be prayerful

jobless group.

Can anybody stop REDEEM and MOUNTAIN OF FIRE ALONE from worshipping ?

Bunch of m0r0ns.

A GOvernor decalred 2 days holiday to celebrate the death of Ojo Maduekwe. I wonder how many years would be declared for Ojukwu.