The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, on Wednesday, advised State governments to consider 'giving special palliatives to Imams and pastors' in order to cushion the effect of the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19. MURIC argued that such relief will stem the tide of agitations for early reopening of churches and mosques for normal worship sessions. The advice
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, on Wednesday, advised State governments to consider “giving special palliatives to Imams and pastors” in order to cushion the effect of the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19.
The advice was contained in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. “The Friday and Sunday assemblies provide regular and veritable sources of moral, spiritual and material supply. The occasional gatherings for marriage, naming and house-warming ceremonies come with sumptuous gifts in cash and material. But the ban on assemblies of more than twenty has put an effective stop on these occasions. Worse still, the cheerful givers now go about with frowns on their faces courtesy of the general economic downturn.
“A country like Nigeria whose per capita income is less than $300; a country where the average citizen relies on less than $1 per day; where only 1% of the population has arrogated more than 85% of the common patrimony to itself, leaving 99% overwhelming majority to fight over a paltry 15% of the country’s wealth cannot afford to ignore its clerics.
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