Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai is in
the eye of the storm again, after he mooted a censorship bill which has
been presented to the Kaduna State House of Assembly seeking to license
all preachers and also restrict praying time.
The bill by the former Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory has been rejected by the Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) and it is already raising tension in the North Western State which
has witnessed similar crises in the past.
The Religious Regulation Bill, designed to replace the
Religious Regulation Edict of 1984, is geared towards regulating
Christianity and Islam as it seeks to create an inter-faith Ministerial
Committee to be appointed by the governor and exercise control over
Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, and the Christian Association of Nigeria,
CAN.
Recall that the Kaduna State governor in January of 2013
received a bashing from adherents for allegedly insulting christianity
in a post on his twitter timeline.
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