THE Presidency has taken to task the Supreme Council for Sharia, which had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of letting down Muslims by his alleged failure to attend the emergency summit of Organization of Islamic States (OIC) called by Turkey to discuss the US declaration of Jerusalem as the official Capital of Israel.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said the allegation was totally misleading and baseless.

While advising religious organisations to refrain from divisive utterances, the Presidency stressed that the responsibility of maintaining peace and peaceful coexistence is not only the duty of the government, but also of religious organisations whose words carry weight.
Shehu’s response came while he was speaking on the BBC Hausa radio news on Friday.
According to a statement made available to the media on Saturday, Shehu said that President Buhari had to go to France to attend the Climate Change Summit because he had earlier given a firm commitment to President Macron, adding that he sent the Minister of Education Adamu Adamu to represent him at the Turkey meeting of OIC.

“The Paris summit on climate change wasn’t a junket. It was also about the problems of the Lake Chad region which affects Nigeria as well as the neighboring countries. About 30 million lives are involved. Without the drying up of the lake, we would probably not have had the acute poverty that nurtured the environment for Boko Haram terrorism,” he said.


Shehu recalled that countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which sponsored the UN General Assembly Resolution to condemn Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the official Capital of Israel, didn’t also attend the Turkey meeting for various compelling reasons.
“As a respectable religious organisation, an organisation that we hold in high esteem, the Supreme Council for Shari’ah could have helped themselves and the nation by checking the facts before the outburst, which sadly, was repeatedly aired by the international radio.
Shehu explained that by the time the Erdogan summit was called, the Presidential advance team was already in Paris, ready to receive him. At that point, the best President Buhari could do was to send a representation.

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What is wrong with these people...?

Is Nigeria a muslim nation?

Shari'ah council shouldn't behave like CAN that talk before they think.

usba:
Shari'ah council shouldn't behave like CAN that talk before they think.

Who gains more from FG on Hajj to Mecca or pilgrimage to Isreal? Shari'ah council or CAN?

Isn't it Shari'ah council? So what is your problem?

FG should stay away from religion...completely.

Nigeria is not an Islamic country and will never be until Biafra leaves.

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Obijulius:
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Bro, abeg na just question, no offence intended, I'm very interested in your upbringing.

Can you share little with us how you were brought up?

I don't want to assume and jump into conclusion, though there are indications that my assumption is very correct.

Nigeria is not a Muslim country or a Christian country but a secular state. I don't see the reason the President should be there since the title of the topic states Organisation of Muslim states. Those sharia Council should better respect themselves.

Noted.