While addressing newsmen at the Pentecostal
Fellowship of Nigeria Headquarters in Lagos on
Thursday, the General Overseer of Living Faith
Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, said government
had no right to force subjects on anybody.
PFN leaders at the briefing on Thursday
Arising from an emergency meeting in Lagos, on
Thursday, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria,
PFN, and the General Overseer, Living Faith
Church, Bishop David Oyedepo have warned the
Federal and State Governments against attempt to
force Christian students in secondary schools to
offer Islamic Studies.
Speaking while addressing newsmen at the PFN
Headquarters in Isolo, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,
Oyedepo said government had no right to force
subjects on anybody, saying that by stopping
Christian Religion Studies, CRS, at the Senior
Secondary School level, it automatically meant that
it would not be embraced at the tertiary
institutions.
“You cannot force our students to study Islamic
Studies or Arabic Studies,” he said, citing a case in
Kwara State where a Christian student was beaten
and forced to take Arabic Studies against his will.
Speaking, PFN President, Dr. Felix Omobude said
the PFN was concerned at the contention and
controversy that had attended the revised Basic
Education Curriculum, especially the unnecessary
collapse of Christian Religious Studies as part of an
omnibus subject known as Religion and National
Values.
“We note the explanation by the Nigerian
Educational Research and Development Council
(NERDC) on some of the issues raised. However,
the PFN maintains that whatever the case, there is
really no need nor is there any justification for the
needless confusion and uncertainty the NERDC
has created which has opened up the
implementation of the curriculum to the whims and
caprices people with vested interests who want to
impose their religious preferences on students.
“The PFN calls for an immediate reversal of the
change of curriculum so that Christian Religious
Studies can stand on its own as a separate
subject just as it has always been. Collapsing CRK
as only a part of Religion and National Values
forecloses the opportunity of the subject being
studied at the tertiary level by students who might
so desire and this is unacceptable to us.
“On the question of the compulsory study of
Foreign languages, as the curriculum has laid out,
the PFN urges that the window be opened up to
more languages beyond French and Arabic to
accommodate other languages such as Spanish,
etc. so that our children can enjoy greater
flexibility in foreign language study and not be
compelled to study a language they have no
interest in, as its being reported in some states.
We are aware of orchestrated plans to subtly use
this policy as a means of forceful religious
indoctrination and we maintain our stand against
it,” Omobude said.
On killings by Fulani herdsmen, Omobule stated
that the PFN was concerned that a lot of the
instances of killings across many parts of the
country was linked to Fulani herdsmen who
seemed to find it so easy to kill, destroy farms and
houses, yet were able to evade apprehension by
security forces.
“We call for adequate and appropriate response of
government to put an end to the activities of these
killer Herdsmen across the country. We urge the
Federal Government to take the issue of security
more seriously especially the spate of kidnappings
all over the country.
“The PFN restates its position that nomadic cattle-
rearing has become outdated. It urges the
government of states, where cattle rearing is a
part and parcel of their culture, to build ranches
and develop reserves where cattle owners can
husband their animals without travelling long
distances where they stray into farms, destroy
crops and constitute nuisance and threat to other
communities,” he said.
On Southern Kaduna crisis, the PFN president said
the body was worried at developments in the area,
especially the lack of prompt response to
guarantee the security of lives and property.
“The PFN calls for more attention to be paid to the
plight of the victims of the Southern Kaduna crisis.
A delegation from the PFN recently paid a visitation
to Southern Kaduna and made a presentation of
N15 million worth of relief materials to the different
groups, irrespective of ethnicity or religion. From
this visit, we can see that there is much more that
urgently needs to be done for the people of
Southern Kaduna and urgently too. We call on the
Federal government and Kaduna State government
to immediately improve on their rehabilitation
efforts,” he added.
On restructuring, Omobude said PFN noted with
concern the restiveness in different parts of the
country and the increasing calls for a break-up of
the country on the part of those purporting to
speak for ethnic groups.
“We restate our belief in the unity of Nigeria and a
commitment to one Nigeria where people of
different faiths and tongues can continue to live
together as one. However, we call on the
government to do all it can to assuage the fears
and concerns of everyone and ensure the practice
of Federalism in its true form. We urge the
government to pay attention to the calls for
restructuring and find a way to push for further
devolution of powers, while adopting an all-
inclusive approach to governance and
development in the country,” he added.

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Yes o. You can't tell my younger ones to learn I that devilish religion. It is not possible.

OF COURSE, THEY CAN'T!!!






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This is the reason afonjas are slaving for Hausa/Fulani and screaming one zoo

This is another subtle but grand plan to Islamize Nigeria otherwise why is every aspect of our national life as a heterogeneous nation being dominated by Muslims or Islamic agenda e.g.government appointees,service chiefs,preference for the sharia law against the Constitution of Nigeria? What about the arabic inscription on the Nigerian Army emblem,our currency & now this shit of CRK students being made to study Arabic against their belief? Christians let's wake up [/b]"Behold,they shall surely gather together,but not by me:whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake."[b] Isaiah 54:15