Who else like me as thought of it that "What of it there are no churches or there are no mosques?" that what if individual attitudes and characters are based on what one was being thought by ones' parents or guardian and/or influenced by ones' environment.

After all, the two main religions in Nigeria have precept based on cultures and traditions of their originators.
If Christianity is to be followed into-to, it will be tantamount to following the norms and culture of the olden days Antiochenes. Edward Gibion once wrote "Fashion was the only law, Pleasure the only pursuit and the splendour of dress and furniture was the only distinction of the citizens of Antiochs, the arts of luxury were honoured and the contempt for female modesty." How many of our contemporary Christian denominations still goes by the above? Is fashion still the only law? If not, then must we continue to follow exactly what is written in the holy book as so called Christians even when we are no more in those dark ages? The ages where eyes were located on the knees?

More so, if Islam is to be followed into-to, it means the followers should behave like the Arabians, since the prophet, Muhammad ibn dullahi, the founder of the religion of Islam was born in the Arabian city of Mecca in 570CE.

To be a true Islamic faithful and real follower of the holy prophet, if i may ask, "Must one act and dress EXACTLY like the Arabs? Since that is the origin of the prophet."

If it is actually written in the two holy scriptures that unbelievers of the respective religions should be slain. Why can't we put our cultures, norms and traditions as the basis? After all, tradition has being the basis of religion.

We are Nigerians, we are Hausas, we are Igbos, we are yorubas, we are Ijaws, we are Tivs, we are Langtangs, et cetera why don't we inculcate our way of life into our religions?
It is easy for a Yoruba man to marry an Efik woman than for a Muslim man to marry a Christian woman. Why?

Nigerians as a nation will gladly vote for a candidate of their choice as their president irrespective of tribe or religion not until one religion extremist wakes up with a propaganda of "He is not of so so religion." Must religion be a determiner in our governance? Can't we just separate religion from governance? Since our country is not a one religion nation. Can we make religion a thing of the mind? Serve your god the way you want and respect and understand others' will. That is my own definition of civility.

In a vehicle of passengers of mixed faiths, must the driver who happens to be a Muslim stop by along the road to say his prayers even when there is room for Qadaa in the holy Quaran, and when the driver knows that there are other passengers with another religious perception? Cant he perform a Qadaa to cover-up the unavoidably missed prayer?
In a Muslim dominated state as Kano state, Must churches dance along the major roads in the name of "Special program publicity?"

Thereby obstructing other road users and probably causing avoidable traffic congestion on the road. Why can't we all respect each other's will and opinion as a nation when we know that we what we are doing is not necessarily a MUST to please our respective gods?

Toyin Adams writes from OWERRI.

Nigeria's problem is not Religion.