The Bishop of Owo Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev James Adedayo Oladujoye at the weekend advised the federal government to start working towards making Nigeria a Secular State.

Oladunjoye noted that such would not rule out
religion in the nation but nobody would look at
Nigeria with the eyes of religion.

The Bishop, who stated this in his Presidential
address he delivered to the Second Session of the
Eleventh Synod held at St. Andrew’s Cathedral
Church in Owo, stressed that late Bola Ige’s group
were right in the last Constitutional Review
Committee, when they moved that Nigeria should be
recognized as a Secular State.

The Anglican Cleric added that implementing the committee’s report, would make Nigerians accept
that the President or a State Governor can be an
adherent of any religion and that nobody can impose
religion over other people.

He attributed the current insecurity challenges facing the country on the forceful plan by some people to
impose their religion on other Nigerians.

Oladunjoye also said the country may only be fighting a lost battle against Boko Haram, if President Goodluck Jonathan decided not to mention names of their sponsors.

He said some group of politicians have been linked
with the Boko Haram before and after 2011 general elections but they are yet to be invited or prosecuted
by the security agencies.

Oladujoye recalled that recently, the Unites States of American linked the military failure to tackle Boko
Haram to the fact that majority of the military officers were sponsors of the group.

He noted that if truly the statement was not true, what had the government done to prove them wrong. The Cleric insisted that until the government is able to find solutions to the problems he raised, the country may be fighting a lost battle.

He lamented the continuous stayed of the over 200 Chibok girls in the hands of Boko Haram, wondering
whether all the international communities, who had
offered to help Nigeria in rescuing the girls were
helpless.

Oladunjoye said if any of the top politicians had their children among the abducted girls, the people in the corridors of power would have been moved to action.
The Bishop was convinced that some of the girls
would have died by now, some maimed, misused by
the wicked group and many of them would have been
impregnated.

The Anglican Bishop cautioned the politicians, particularly incumbent governors and the President against wasting public funds on elections in order to remain in power.

He noted that if a political office holder had done
creditably well for the masses, he needed not to
spend heavily to secure his seat.

homosapien: I thought Nigeria is a secular state. can someone please enlighten me.

IdiAmin1: We just need to export what we imported "RELIGION" and face our amadioha and ifa. Simple

Idrismusty97: A secular state that made an Anti gay law base on scriptures in some foreign books. A secular state that legalized/recognized child marriage. A secular state that sponsor and financed pilgrimages for thousands to go visit some rocks and throw stones in someone else country. Yea right! we are a secular state.