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Religion is Never a problem, the gap between the greedy rich and the hopeless poor is the root of The Nigeria general situation. Both Muslims and Christians are well represented in all sector but when ever there is hindrance to aquire more wealth, the rich result in using differences in Religion, Ethnicity, Tribe, status, age ,gender as instruments to deceive the gullible masses like they really care about us.
I hope to see a true love of one Nigeria has it is when when a yoruba man hug an Ibo man just because Ahmad Musa (Hausa man ) score a goal.

That Council is Bokoharam.

Lukgaf:
ON CAN’S LETTER TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Given the trajectory of the recent activities of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), like other informed groups and people in Nigeria, cannot but wonder whether CAN still remains a religious body or a political party in a religious garb. The Council is persuaded to believe the latter because of the Association’s posture as the counterfoil for and opposition to everything Islam and Muslims in this country.

We cannot also but wonder whether Islamophobia has indeed not replaced the more important responsibility of giving direction to millions of our compatriots who are law-abiding citizens of the Christian faith. It is really benumbing that CAN appears to be giving credence and relevance to the rhetorical question asked centuries ago: “if gold rust, what should iron do?”

Specifically, the statement issued by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji (Special Assistant Media and Communication to CAN President) on behalf of CAN is the last straw to break the camel’s back in the Association’s ill-advised and ill-motivated interventions in the polity. The statement of CAN, addressed to the leadership of the National Assembly, partly reads:

"As you prepare for your inauguration, CAN urges you to balance the appointments of your principal officers across religious divides to avoid domination and marginalisation of any kind in the interest of equity, justice, and fair play as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Although both the Senate and the House of Representatives have several principal officers, our focus here are the Senate President, the Deputy Senate President, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. As it has been the practice since 1999, whenever the Senate President is a Christian, the Speaker of the House has always been a Muslim and vice- versa. And the same thing happens to their deputies.

"Our quest becomes imperative due to the existing order in the two other arms of the government. Today, both the President and the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria are Muslims and our appeal is to let either the Senate President or the Speaker be a Christian to address the religious dichotomy. This will give all Nigerians a sense of belonging irrespective of their religious affiliations. "

Is CAN suffering from selective amnesia or is it just obsessed with chronic mendacity? Was there no CAN between 2009 and 2011 when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Justice Aloyious Katsina-Alu was the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Senator David A. B. Mark was President of the Senate and Senator Ike Ekweremadu was Deputy Senate President? Was there religious balance in 2007 when David Mark was elected Senate President and Patricia Etteh was elected Speaker? Was there no 1999 Constitution at that time?
Even prior to 1999, the two arms of the National Assembly were headed by Christians. For instance, while between 1979 and 1983, the Senate was headed by Joseph Wayas and the House of Representatives by Ume-Ezeoki, from October to December, 1983, Joseph Wayas and Benjamin Chaha were leading the respective chambers.

Furthermore, in the aborted Third Republic, the Senate Presidents were Iyocha Ayu and Ameh Ebute while the Speaker was Hon. Anakwo.

Meanwhile, the NSCIA welcomes with pleasure the fact that CAN has finally agreed that the correct interpretation of the Section of the Constitution quoted in its letter to the National Assembly includes religious balancing. It is in this spirit that NSCIA calls on the Federal Government of Nigeria to conduct a holistic census of all Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including higher institutions, to determine whether there is anywhere Muslims constitute up to 30% of the staff strength and thereafter ensure compliance with the sections of the Constitution cited by CAN.

The chronic intolerance and political partisanship of CAN and its alter egos are becoming alarming as they are ardent at purveying blatant falsehood and fake news. A few examples would suffice:

• Prior to the 2015 elections, CAN agents, both Samuel Asemota and Pastor Bosun Emmanuel (the latter was a delegate of CAN at the 2014 National Conference) were going round churches preaching hatred against Muslims and Islam. Pastor Bosun said in one of such outings, “any Christian who planned to vote for the APC was directly sponsoring the Islamic agenda and contributing to the truncation of Christianity in Nigeria.”

• Pastor David Oyedepo’s hatred-driven and embarrassing misinterpretation of a satire written by Professor Olatunji Dare which was used as a basis to excite and incite his congregation against President Muhammadu Buhari that the President had indeed died in London and that the present occupant of Aso Rock is a body-double by name Jubril al-Sudaniy from Sudan.

• Many of those who claim to be “men of God” like Bishop David Oyedepo, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, Apostle Omotosho Tope, Prophet Muiyideen Kasali, Prophet Emmanuel Chukwudi and Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse proclaimed fake prophesies about President Buhari and the 2019 election with a view to inciting their followers to violence when their purported “word of God” is not manifested. Their South Africa-based colleague, Pastor Samuel Akinbodunse, even went a notch higher by claiming that God told him “President Muhammadu Buhari will not be alive to witness the 2019 elections.” Nigerians and all men of goodwill thank God that the President is hale and hearty. These are clearly fake prophesies because the Almighty God cannot be associated with falsehood.

• CAN also condemned Mallam Nasir El-Rufai for choosing a Muslim as his running mate and claimed that he had committed a political hara-kiri. The same CAN chose to turn a blind eye to Ekiti, Benue, Edo, Ondo and Plateau States where Muslims have a substantial number of indigenes and yet are denied the Deputy Governorship slots. Civilian Governors of Plateau State, for instance, prior to 1999, had Muslims as their deputies but since the advent of the Fourth Republic, Muslims have not been considered for the position of Deputy Governor. Yet, the NSCIA has chosen not to dabble into such political issues but our silence is now being taken as stupidity by CAN. The sheer impudence of CAN leaders and their chronic insincerity led them to release a statement that the leadership of parastatals under the Ministry of Education was dominated by Muslims but were embarrassed when the statistics of the last ten years was presented to them by NSCIA.

Let CAN apply to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be registered as a full-fledged political party as “politicians in cassock”, to quote the CAN President himself, rather than front for politicians who nurse the ambitions of holding political offices. In other climes such as Australia, Germany, New Zealand, etc., there are Christian political parties and CAN should rather be straightforward and apply to be registered as a political party, if the Nigerian Constitution allows that tomfoolery.
It is hypocritical for CAN and its alter egos to claim to be on the side of justice by forming the ‘National Peace Committee’ which is not surprisingly dominated by Christian clergymen. The pretense of the ‘Peace Committee’ had been exposed by the various comments/actions of their prominent members. For instance, a member, prior to the last election, took a partisan posture masquerading as a good doer and incited the people of Southern Kaduna against the government while another member, despite his level of education, could not avail himself of historical facts but rather chose to spit the dummy that “the low turnout at the gubernatorial election was a loud protest against the outcome of the 2019 presidential polls”. All these are not surprising as it is on record that CAN itself had maliciously referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as a ‘bad product’.

The NSCIA is also well-informed of the surreptitious pressure CAN is mounting on Christian judges serving in the various election petition tribunals across the country, under a pseudo-Christian organization, to ensure the victory of Christians and/or their sympathizers. Even the recent release of the so-called National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) lends credence to this point when it stated thus:

"It would be recalled that during the elections, Rev. Ayokunle presumptuously deployed a 1,000-man CAN Election Observers team to monitor the elections nationwide. The action was presumptuous since CAN does not have the constitutional responsibility of engaging in politics. Christian leaders deliberately established the Christian Social Movement of Nigeria (CSMN) for this purpose in 2001 as the socio-political arm of the Church."

The indecorous and outright partisan statement by CAN which is meant to polarize the country has created doubt in NSCIA and any right-thinking person about the genuineness of the partnership of CAN with NSCIA. What is the essence of conferring with hate-filled religious leaders whose wish is for Muslims to be exterminated from the polity and Nigerian society?

All these must stop! CAN should save itself of creating hatred in the minds of well-meaning Nigerians through its divisive and evil-impelled interventions.

Lo! You are the ones who love them but they love you not, and you believe in all the Scriptures [i.e. you believe in the Tawraat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), while they disbelieve in your Book, the Qur'aan]. And when they meet you, they say: ‘We believe.' But when they are alone, they bite the tips of their fingers at you in rage. Say: ‘Perish in your rage.’ Certainly, Allah knows what is in the breasts (all the secrets). [Al'Imraan:118-119]

Signed
Prof. Salisu Shehu,
Deputy Secretary-General, NSCIA

CAN is the major problem this country is facing......pure hypocrisy in that organization

Who is surprised by the fact that Christianity is the bastion of hypocrisy?

They fan the embers of hate, they inject their religion into every fabric of our nation, and they're obsessed with demonizing Islam, as if the way to their dubious salvation is to damn Islam.

Despite all their covert and overt attempts to christianize the country, they can't stop selling the falsehood that there's an agenda to islamize the country.

CAN has forsaken its lost sheep and is instead existing for the sole purpose of instigating a religious divide. If Muslim imams utter half the nonsense their conmen pastors say the entire writhing mass of unwashed heathens will be up in arms baying for blood.

CAN, and all the other ineffective and highly politicized christian bodies, are mere alarmists and doomsday heralds who hide under the garb of common christian interest to sow the seeds of intolerance and turn around to blame Muslims. Is there a better definition of a slimy, deceitful hypocrite?

Like Pharaoh sank in The Red Sea.

cronsberg:
It has never been worse for you maybe, for me, it has never been this good. Back then when your likes were busy enjoying to the fullest because of rampant corruption and impunity, the average honest man was busy suffering due to the same corruption denying him/her dividents of democracy and only concentrating huge money in the hands of very few people. Now the tables are turned, we honest common folks in farms, in factories, construction, transportaction etc are busy enjoying, many who never even thought of earning 100K are now becoming millionaires due to a just and fair and supportive government. You see, for your type, it is now your own turn to suffer, we dont feel sorry for you atall

hehe i de laugh you gan, you think every one that doesn't support the disaster govt been run by PMB is suffering? sorry to disappoint you. Under buhari watch Nigerians unity is dwindling, Fulani herders are busy killing and maiming both in the middle belt and down far North. Zamfara/Kaduna,Jos,Nasarawa,Benue etc are a case study. Let me remind you that Nigeria is now at the top position of poverty ranking in the world,our exchange rate is almost 400 to a dollar,our inflation rate is now in a double digit , unemployment rate is at highest since the history of Nigeria,Millions lost their Jobs under "Mr Integrity" .
Your block head should have told you that Buhari is the worst President Nigeria ever had. a president who said No more medical tourism for public office holder yet he is always going to London to receive medical care. Tell me which specialist hospital has PMB build? Aso rock clinic receives billions as allocation yet paracetamol isn't available which even the first lady and Zara the daughter of the President Criticized but na one alamajiri like you wey never chop beleful wan come de defend bubu. may your life be like just exactly the way buhari is ruling Nigeria. pls say amen

kayjay69:
CAN is no more a religious arm of PDP than MURIC a religious arm of APC, endeavour to be fair in your analysis. I do not agree with the stance of both groups on most of the issues they raise especially as it relates to politics. It is unfortunate that religion has been and continues to be weaponized in this country to divide and rule the masses.

However with that said, I do believe that appointments should either reflect the religious standing of country
and if we must jettison this totally let no party complains when the other is doing same. If PDP were to sweep into power today and appoint Southern Christians to a majority of positions, I bet APC would complain, MURIC would complain, some Muslims would complain and Nigerians will, in their regular fashion forget what APC is doing or has done or the last couple years and blame the said PDP govt.

I am a believer that competence not religion should have a bearing on what position a politician/appointed govt official occupies but we are who we are and we as a people are'nt at that mental stage where we are willing to discard religion and focus on competence.

God bless you!

God's Will and Pleasures must be served.

haconjy:
do you have sense at all?
when did you see CAN coming out on issues like this since 2015?
Is it wrong for CAN to talk on the issues affecting country that they are part of?
Why can't you see sense in what they say than who said it?
This is why we will never grow up in this country.
so they should allow Muslim, killer, terrorist to control them?
get sense pls.
attack what they said than who said it pls

And what did he do, Mr Know All did he attack whoever said it, he just said his mind which is a painful truth, hypocrisy rocks churches in Nigeria.

pek:
*leave*

He might actually mean, take it or "live" the life of believing it.

Derrinclay:
Why are we always fighting with ourselfs ,why can't this bodies unite and speak for the needs of the common man.

Cos, for CAN, it's all about money and business my broda.

NSCIA should shut up. The point made by CAN is valid.
CAN never said all the positions should be shared equally. They were only saying that at least a Christian legislator should be considered for one of those posts.

In all the instances NSCIA quoted, there was never a time that the President, Senate President, Speaker and Chief Justice were all Christians. It has never happened in Nigeria. Even for the 2009 - 2011 period they quoted, Dimeji Bankole (a Muslim) was the Speaker, and Jonathan wasn't actually supposed to be the President if Yar'Adua hadn't become sick. Now CAN is saying, let a Christian at least be the Speaker (which will kinda mirror the 2009 - 2011 situation). To even make matters worse, APC is considering a North Central Muslim (Wase) for Deputy Speaker.

CAN may have deviated from their original path, but it isn't the business of Muslims. The present circumstances of Nigeria has created much mutual suspicion across both religious groups so CAN will continue to mount pressure on the political leaders who want to miximise every opportunity to suppress the Church.

As a christian, I am of the opinion that writing a latter is not necessary, I think words of mouth is okay to convey such message.

On the other hand, I can't blame CAN totally, as the country has been further divided than it was. APC/ buhari govt care less about morality, even their body language of candidate they are presenting for the SP/speaker respectively speaks volume, they do not care about what is right or wrong, they just want their candidate there by hook or by crook.

the legislature should forget about messages and counter messages, and do the needful

I TRUST MY BROTHERS IN ISLAM. NO NONSENSE!

ahiboilandgas:
bunch of divisive and useless organisations that needs to be proscribed

Address the issues raised against CAN. At least use your mentality for once.

trinity11:
As a christian, I am of the opinion that writing a latter is not necessary, I think words of mouth is okay to convey such message.

On the other hand, I can't blame CAN totally, as the country has been further divided than it was. APC/ buhari govt care less about morality, even their body language of candidate they are presenting for the SP/speaker respectively speaks volume, they do not care about what is right or wrong, they just want their candidate there by hook or by crook.

the legislature should forget about messages and counter messages, and do the needful

If you are educated enough you will still know that there are more Christians in Buhari govt than Muslims.

orisa37:
Bokoharam is Muric and Miyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Ass.


That's why Buhari and some seriously unpatriotic Northerners won't yield easily to granting full autonomy of Police, Resources and Election control to the 36 States, until they, by their handiwork, reduce the South to desert.


Bokoharam, Muric and Macan must gain prominence in the 36 States before Buhari can listen to anyone from the South for anything. It's a Fouta Djallon Agenda from Morocco, Mauritania, Bukino Faso, Mali, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Niger and Chad

Your education is useless. I doubt if u even have one.

orisa37:
Bokoharam is Muric and Miyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Ass.


That's why Buhari and some seriously unpatriotic Northerners won't yield easily to granting full autonomy of Police, Resources and Election control to the 36 States, until they, by their handiwork, reduce the South to desert.


Bokoharam, Muric and Macan must gain prominence in the 36 States before Buhari can listen to anyone from the South for anything. It's a Fouta Djallon Agenda from Morocco, Mauritania, Bukino Faso, Mali, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Niger and Chad

Stop spreading your useless propaganda,CAN agent.

Yoruba Muslims have occupied the first page and are abusing CAN to divert attention from reality by pretense

ahiboilandgas:
bunch of divisive and useless organisations that needs to be proscribed

CAN of worm

Thank you , professor is'haq Akintola for waking NSCIA from their slumber.


CAN shouted unhindered for too long without being matched until that brilliant professor came with MURIC. May Allah bless him.

CAN is such a disgrace

orisa37:
Bokoharam is Muric and Miyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Ass.


That's why Buhari and some seriously unpatriotic Northerners won't yield easily to granting full autonomy of Police, Resources and Election control to the 36 States, until they, by their handiwork, reduce the South to desert.


Bokoharam, Muric and Macan must gain prominence in the 36 States before Buhari can listen to anyone from the South for anything. It's a Fouta Djallon Agenda from Morocco, Mauritania, Bukino Faso, Mali, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Niger and Chad

go through your post again......... read it one more time....... e make any sense to you??

trinity11:
As a christian, I am of the opinion that writing a latter is not necessary, I think words of mouth is okay to convey such message.

On the other hand, I can't blame CAN totally, as the country has been further divided than it was. APC/ buhari govt care less about morality, even their body language of candidate they are presenting for the SP/speaker respectively speaks volume, they do not care about what is right or wrong, theust want their candidate there by hook or by crook.

the legislature should forget about messages and counter messages, and do the needful

See this hypocrite, what happen to the candidates they are presenting as SP and Speakership,you these people are green snake under green grass,I want you to counter the blatant figures and facts reeled out by this organization instead of beaten about the bush.



That was how this yeye CAN frustrated Aregbesola to the extent the we didn't know his main opposition between Omisore and CAN during his second term term bid,this kind of questions was raised by this useless CAN in osun about the permanent secretaries that headed various parastatas,but when the result came out, it was shown that Christians head most of them in a Muslim dominated state,that was how they keep shut.

If they wanted to tow the path of religion, both SP,deputy and speakership and deputy will not touch the hand of Christian in the chambers because they didn't have the number.

This just concluded election suppose to be a lesson to you,but you will hardly learn.

I had expected the moderator to remove this irrelevant and disgusting post capable of creating tension amongst religious groups. The writer is either suffering from psychosis or mental disorder.

Kennydoc:
NSCIA should shut up. The point made by CAN is valid.
CAN never said all the positions should be shared equally. They were only saying that at least a Christian legislator should be considered for one of those posts.

In all the instances NSCIA quoted, there was never a time that the President, Senate President, Speaker and Chief Justice were all Christians. It has never happened in Nigeria. Even for the 2009 - 2011 period they quoted, Dimeji Bankole (a Muslim) was the Speaker, and Jonathan wasn't actually supposed to be the President if Yar'Adua hadn't become sick. Now CAN is saying, let a Christian at least be the Speaker (which will kinda mirror the 2009 - 2011 situation). To even make matters worse, APC is considering a North Central Muslim (Wase) for Deputy Speaker.

CAN may have deviated from their original path, but it isn't the business of Muslims. The present circumstances of Nigeria has created much mutual suspicion across both religious groups so CAN will continue to mount pressure on the political leaders who want to miximise every opportunity to suppress the Church.

Good

Islam is a religion is peace until Muslims are the majority, check Pakistan, Saudi, Turkey etc

Lukgaf:
Is CAN suffering from selective amnesia or is it just obsessed with chronic mendacity? Was there no CAN between 2009 and 2011 when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Justice Aloyious Katsina-Alu was the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Senator David A. B. Mark was President of the Senate and Senator Ike Ekweremadu was Deputy Senate President? Was there religious balance in 2007 when David Mark was elected Senate President and Patricia Etteh was elected Speaker? Was there no 1999 Constitution at that time?
Even prior to 1999, the two arms of the National Assembly were headed by Christians. For instance, while between 1979 and 1983, the Senate was headed by Joseph Wayas and the House of Representatives by Ume-Ezeoki, from October to December, 1983, Joseph Wayas and Benjamin Chaha were leading the respective chambers.

Furthermore, in the aborted Third Republic, the Senate Presidents were Iyocha Ayu and Ameh Ebute while the Speaker was Hon. Anakwo.

For those who will not read. CAN should act like a religious body, why are they trying to be selfish. They quote constitution which their religious has been benefiting from. I don't understand this people.

Thank God! For the first time in history Supreme Council for Islam responding to Abnormality of CAN, that has become Normal.

orisa37:
Bokoharam is Muric and Miyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Ass.


That's why Buhari and some seriously unpatriotic Northerners won't yield easily to granting full autonomy of Police, Resources and Election control to the 36 States, until they, by their handiwork, reduce the South to desert.


Bokoharam, Muric and Macan must gain prominence in the 36 States before Buhari can listen to anyone from the South for anything. It's a Fouta Djallon Agenda from Morocco, Mauritania, Bukino Faso, Mali, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Niger and Chad

You're speechless on the bone of contention, that's why you decided to abuse as usual...

You're one of the fools of dogmatism... So bad for as professor pictured all the antics of can that's fanning flames of division in Nigeria under the camouflage of religion.

Onlyonebuhari:
If you are educated enough you will still know that there are more Christians in Buhari govt than Muslims.

Lol my guy, I am not educated enough o, I need my PhD first.

If you are educated enough you will know that Muslims hold more strategic and sensitive offices in this govt

is it not ironic that these Muslim mofos will not come speedily to respond when there are stories of their adherents ( Fulani herdsmen) attacking innocent people but when CAN calls for an equitable distribution of political office they run out to respond like rabid dogs. idiots.