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.
Credit: Vanguard
The governor recently
introduced a bill to substitute the Kaduna State Religious Preaching Law, 1984.
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