CAN’s call for religious balancing in National Assembly leadership ill-motivated — NSCIA vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
A statement, yesterday by NSCIA’s Deputy Secretary-General, Prof. Salisu Shehu, described the call as an ill-advised and ill-motivated intervention in the Nigerian polity.
It further argued that such arrangement in the National Assembly prevented the domination and marginalization of any kind, and also promoted equity, justice, and fair play in line with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution . The statement reads in part, “Given the trajectory of the recent activities of the Christian Association of Nigeria , the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs , like other informed groups and people in Nigeria, cannot but wonder whether CAN still remains a religious body or a political party in a religious garb.
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