President
Muhammadu Buhari has been given a note of warning by the Founder of the
Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman over a very important
national issue.
Founder of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman
Founder of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has
expressed outrage at the removal of Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK)
as a subject of study from the secondary school curriculum, describing
it as a move by President Muhammadu Buhari to Islamise Nigeria.
According to DailyPost, the man of God made his view public in a
statement issued on Sunday by Phrank Shaibu, spokesman of the church.
Apostle Suleman, stated that the decision to scrap CRK as a subject
in the curriculum but only to be studied as a theme in civic education
while leaving Islamic/Arabic studies as a subject to be studied in the
secondary school curriculum, is a deliberate plot by the Buhari
administration, among other schemes, eliminate Christianity or at best
reduce it to insignificance in Nigeria.
“The new curriculum which is the brain-child of the Nigerian
Educational Research Council and which is mischievously crafted to force
Islamic Studies down the throat of non adherents is unjust,
discriminatory, a subtle attempt at islamization, and therefore
unacceptable,” the statement said.
“This is a well orchestrated and articulated plot. Let nobody
try to fool Nigerians that it was a mistake or a coincidence. Why is it
that CRK would be removed as a subject to be studied from the secondary
school school curriculum while Islamic/Arabic studies is retained? This
is a plan from hell and it shall not stand”, he declared.
Apostle Suleman also noted that the policy has been introduced at a
time when Fulani herdsmen are on rampage in parts of the country and
just before so called Arewa youths gave Igbo people living in the North
to quit before October 1.
“Over 7000 people have been killed by these Fulani herdsmen
with our security forces unable to stop the bloodshed. So called Arewa
youths backed by some discredited elders have also issued a treasonable
ultimatum to Igbo people without any reprisals from the Buhari
government. So, is it a coincidence that Christian Religious Knowledge
has been expunged from the school curriculum?” he queried.
Apostle Suleman called on the Federal Government to reverse the
“offensive” policy and immediately restore Christian Religious Knowledge
to the curriculum while commending the Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) for being at the forefront of seeking to redress the anomaly.
“This evil policy must be reversed immediately. What is sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander. Christain Religious Knowledge
(CRK) must be restored to the school curriculum. And I’m happy that the
CAN has taken up the battle to ensure that those who seek to banish our
faith do not succeed. We will continue to speak out until satan and his
agents are put to shame”, he declared.
Similarly, he called on the government to stem the tide of
consistent attacks by Fulani herdsmen as well as deal with those giving
ultimatum to people from an ethnic group to vacate the north.
“For long, Fulani herdsmen continue to kill, rape and burn
people’s homes without restraint. In the event that the safety of an
ethnic group cannot be guaranteed in any part of the country, then
Nigerians should know that it is not a coincidence. And my God shall not
fold arms while the devil and his children seek to destroy the destiny
of Nigeria”, he declared.
“We have the strength of character, the courage and the
conviction to mount a sustained campaign in defence of justice, and in
defence of our religion. We will not give up our religious practice
because of someone else’. Nigeria belongs to us all and not for a few
bigots who currently occupy positions of authority,” the cleric added.
It would be recalled that the Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) had earlier complained about the development during its meeting
with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The delegation led by its President, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle,
also listed demands on the matter and other burning issues in a letter
delivered to Osinbajo.
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