Sunday, March 20, 2016

HURIWA calls on el-Rufai to withdraw bill against public preaching

HURIWA calls on el-Rufai to withdraw bill against public preaching
Governor Nasir El-Rufai 
Kaduna Gov. Nasir el-RufaiThe Human Right Writers’ Association of Nigeria on Sunday called on Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State to withdraw the bill on prohibiting religious preaching inpublic places in the state.

The National Coordinator of the association, Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, alleged that the bill violated constitutional provisions for freedom of worship.He said that the bill, if passed into law “is capable of breeding religious crisis in the state.

“We recognise the validity and sanctity of section 10 of the constitution which clearly spelt out that governmentof the federation or state shall not adopt any religion asa state religion’’.

He described Kaduna State as a sensitive which shouldnot be allowed to be troubled with issue of religion, advising the stakeholders not to mix religion with politics.

The governor recently introduced a bill to substitute theKaduna State Religious Preaching Law, 1984.

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