Katsina University says memo on religious groups on campus targeted at Muslims, not
Christians.

The authorities of the Umaru Yar’Ádua University, Katsina, have denied discriminating against
Christian students in the approval granted a students religious association to operate on its
campus.
The Acting Dean of Student Affairs of the University, Sulaiman Kankara, had in January 17
memo informed students of a new guideline for the registration of clubs and associations in
the institution.
In the circular, Dr. Kankara indicated that participation in clubs and associations, including
departmental ones, were strictly optional and that no student should be compelled to pay
dues.
He also outlawed the formation of tribal and local government associations in the university.
But the controversial part of the memo which made the document to go viral was the dean’s
pronouncement that the “Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) is the only religious
association allowed to operate on campus.”
After the memo was shared on social media, the university came under ferocious attacks from
many Nigerians, with some commentators saying the guideline was part of government’s plot
to Islamise Nigeria.
But when contacted on Sunday morning, Dr. Kankara said that aspect of the guideline was
actually targeted at Islamic groups which were beginning to mushroom on campus, creating
division among students of the same faith.
The dean said, “Actually there is one misconception in the memo. But the fact of the matter is
that in Umaru Yar’Ádua University, there is no association known as Christian Students
Association.
“There is one religious association and subsidiary Islamic students associations like the
Tijjanniya Students Movement in Nigeria, Academic Forum of Islamic Movement in Nigeria and
many associations like that.
“They are Islamic students association. So what we want is to have a single union which will be
the mouthpiece of muslim students and that is the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria.
“It has nothing to do with any Christian group because up till now, I have not received any
application requesting registration of Christian Students Society.
“And once they do that, we are ready to register them. Even as at last week, we said the two
religious group to be recognised by the university will be the Muslim one and one from
Christian side.
“Up till now we are to receive any application for the registration of any Christian association in
the university from any group.”


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Nigerians will not cease to amaze me.

Nigerians will not investigate or ask, its only to fuel negative news and spread hatred that most of them want and the most unfortunate part is that they claim they're Christians.
A Christian is not a sinner and a sinner is not a Christian.
You can't be spreading hatred n negativity and claim to be a Christian.

Hmmmmm. How the social media can twist a story so far without given parties involved a means to communicate the truth

We need credible and justified media regulations

I think this settles the social media brouhaha about the memo. If the initial thoughts about the memo were true, one would expect the student Christian body to speak up or CAN make a pronouncement

so can you guarantee us the students who come to register Christian association won't be targeted by you guys??

while his explanation makes sense, it doesn't do away with the underlining point on that memo

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Why didn't the memo read 'the only society for muslim students is the muslim student society of nigeria'?
Is the acting dean an illiterate not to know that what is written on the memo prohibits the formation of christian societies.

This is Al-taqiyya! If there was no media outlash, they would just chill and make this policy the 'status quo'.