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

OndoReporter | Group calls on el-Rufai to withdraw bill against public preaching

The 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 in public 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 government of the federation or
state shall not adopt any religion as a state
religion’’.

He described Kaduna State as a sensitive
which should not 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 the Kaduna State Religious
Preaching Law, 1984.