₦airaland Forum

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed concerns over the constitutionality of Nigeria’s representation by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) meeting in Saudi Arabia. It also said the Federal Government should listen to the wise counsel of former president Olusegun Obasanjo on the alleged West African Fulanisation and Islamisation agenda instead of resorting to attacks on his personality.

It raised issues about the unconstitutionality of Nigeria’s membership of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the rush to attend its meeting by the President. In a statement issued on Saturday by President of CAN, Rev. Dr. Samson ‘Supo Ayokunle, the Christian body said the “truth is evident” for those who care to see the danger of Obasanjo’s warning except those who are either part of the agenda or are just being mischievous.

The statement signed by the Special Assistant (Media & Communications) to CAN President, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, said it was regrettable that despite opposition and outcry over the unconstitutionality of Nigeria’s membership of the OIC, the president deemed it fit to jet out of the country immediately after being sworn in to attend such a conference as his first assignment.

“This is an organisation which states it is ‘the collective voice of the Muslim world’ and works to “safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony”. Are the government officials listening to those who voted them into power at all? Is the government not heating up the polity?

“We all remember how Nigeria was smuggled into OIC during the military. We wonder if the President is ready to attend the meeting of the World Council of Churches or be asking the Vice President to represent him whenever the members meet,” it said. On the attack on Obasanjo over his position on alleged Islamisation and Fulanisation of the country, the Christian body said it was not good for the government to rein abuses or pour venoms on our former leaders whenever their thoughts are critical to the government’s action or policies.

It called on the federal government to pay keen attention to Obasanjo’s thought-provoking position rather than disparaging him. “We appeal to the Federal Government to listen to Obasanjo on his counsel over the alleged West African Fulanisation and African Islamisation agenda instead of resorting to disrespecting him and misinterpreting his noble warnings to the nation,” it said.

CAN regretted that while the likes of Obasanjo are treated as honourable statesmen and institutions in developed nations like the United States and the United Kingdom, they are antagonised and vilified at home. “This is not only unfortunate but exposes us as a people that have lost their moral values. Obasanjo sacrificed a lot for this nation in order to make it one and great! He deserves respect and his pronouncements should be treated with caution.

The truth is evident for those who care to see the danger of Obasanjo’s warning except those who are either part of the agenda or are just being mischievous. When the perceived genocide started in Southern Kaduna, how many of the suspected herdsmen involved in the barbaric attacks were arrested by the security men? How many of them have been detained and are being prosecuted?” CAN stated.

On the order to mop up legally held guns, CAN said that the federal government must be seen to be acting in the interest of the generality of Nigerians and not protecting or preserving a section of the country. CAN accused the relevant security agencies of not doing enough to deal with the alleged killings and kidnappings by bandits and herdsmen, adding it smacks of bias on the part of federal government to appear to be defending and advocating for a group being accused of spearheading the atrocious incidents.

read more: https://gistok.ng/can-faults-buharis-presence-at-oic-conference/

Spouse of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has asked the National Social Investment Program (N-SIP) to help impoverished individuals in Katsina State including those crushed by banditry. Mrs. Buhari who was in Batsari, Katsina State on Saturday to convey help materials to casualties of banditry, noticed that even though N500 billion was discharged by the Federal Government to help powerless Nigerians, just a couple had profited.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that when Mrs. Buhari inquired as to whether any of them had gotten the N10,000 help, the reaction was adverse. "National Social Investment Program ought to go to Katsina state and give them their help. "These individuals gave more than one million votes amid the general decisions, they truly need the help, and they have the right to be given," she said.

She additionally asked the National Emergency Management Agency to go to the guide of the Internally Displaced Persons in the state. Prior, the Transition Committee Chairman, Batsari Local Government, Alhaji Mannir Muazu, said that more than 18,000 individuals were uprooted by banditry in the region.

He said that 13,000 of the unfortunate casualties were kids while the staying 4,000 were ladies from 28 networks over the zone. A portion of the IDPs met, lauded Mrs. Buhari for the motion. Malama Fatima Kasai, an unfortunate female casualty, said that the highwaymen ousted them from their locale, removed their nourishment and resources, slaughtered more significant part of their spouses and assaulted a portion of the ladies. Kasai asked the administration to take measures to end the assaults and avert a recurrence. NAN reports that the alleviation materials disseminated by Mrs. Buhari included rice, milk, garments, among others.

read more: https://gistok.ng/buharis-wife-insists-only-few-vulnerable-nigerians-benefitted-from-n500bn-social-investment-programme/

Spouse of Nigeria's President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has moved security offices to rapidly end banditry and other security challenges in parts of the nation. Mrs. Buhari, who decided on Saturday in Katsina while appropriating alleviation materials to more than 25,000 casualties of marauders assaults, said it was essential to debase the culprits before they end the common populace.

"The security specialists ought to either help to make a move or permit the circumstance to proceed until scoundrels wrapped up our kin," she said. Mrs. Buhari said that all benevolent Nigerians should chat on things that were turning out badly in the nation, to evoke important activity. "We shouldn't be here giving rice, milk and other things to casualties of an occurrence amid Ramadan period.

"We ought not to keep quiet while things are going on, imagining that if something happens today, it won't occur tomorrow, "What happened today, will happen tomorrow, it will likewise occur next tomorrow on the off chance that we keep quiet. "It is mandatory to talk reality; it isn't legitimate for us to give the most astounding number of votes amid the general decisions and permit brigands to keep executing individuals and stay silent.

"We should talk on whatever is turning out badly in the nation," she said. Mrs. Buhari said that she and spouses of the previous governors of Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom (Sen. Godswill Akpabio), were among the individuals who given the help materials to the people in question. Prior, the District Head of Katsina, Alhaji Aminu Abdulmumini, said thanks to the President's significant other for the motion.

He approached the administration to heighten endeavors toward tending to the hazard. "These individuals need help. However, they need the administration to deliver the circumstance to empower them to proceed with their healthy life. "Nearly on a routine, we hear the sound of Nigerian Air Force warrior planes, yet, marauders are executing individuals, we don't have a clue what's going on," he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that things appropriated by Mrs. Buhari included rice, milk, sugar, and garments, among others to no less than 25,988 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The IDPs were from Batsari, Kurfi, Faskari, Danmusa, Jibia, Safana, Kankara nearby government zones, among others.

read more: https://gistok.ng/end-killings-now-or-our-people-perish-aisha-tells-security-agencies/