A Bill seeking to Regulate Christianity in Nigeria passes second Reading at the Senate
Email This Post
According to a report by The Cable News, the legislation sponsored by Binos Yaroe, senator representing Adamawa south, seeks to “regulate and set standards” acceptable to the practice of Christianity in the country.
Yaroe said the “inappropriate practice” of religions in the country has caused problems in the past.
Contributing to the debate, Istifanus Gyang, senator representing Plateau north, said wrongly practiced religion has bred extremism. According to Gyang,
“We don’t have to suspect ourselves across religious divides. Rather, we need to understand, respect ourselves, our peculiarity and reality. Religion as wrongly practiced is what has bred extremism and hate but rightly practiced, religion can be a source of strength and national cohesion. This is where the place of a commission that will develop a curriculum for Christian education is very necessary.”
Surprisingly while the Bill makes reference to only Christian Religion, the contributors were speaking in general terms of religion as if it includes other religions.
Interestingly, this was happening at a period when a video of the Vice President Select visiting some bandits was making rounds on social media. In that video, one can clearly hear him asking one of the armed terrorists “Fulani from Mali”? These are people who used Islamic extremism and terrorism to rise to power.
