SECTION C: RECOVERY OF SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE
Nigeria may be dominated by Christians and Muslims but these two have no superior right to religion than traditional worshippers or even atheists. A secular nation such as ours is an embodiment of all religions and should neither discriminate nor be seen to do so, especially if unhealthy religious competition & oppression are to be discarded. As a matter of fact, religion ought to be an entirely private matter between a person and his/her God.
Therefore, to enact a new social order of true inter-faith tolerance & harmony in Nigeria, our next President come 2023 should consider parliamentary bills and executive policies that favour an outright ban of the following needless religion-inclined social practices that I call “Public Display of Religious Affinity”;
• Incessant noise pollution by Churches and Mosques through the erection of speakers outside all worship centers;
• Existence and Public funding of National Hajj Commission & National Christian Pilgrim Commission and government funding of religious pilgrimages;
• Official ‘opening and closing’ prayers at government functions and in government offices by Christians and Muslims;
• Deployment of tax-payers’ funds by government to the construction of Christian and Islamic worship centers
• Other unnecessary forms of “Public Display of Religious Affinity” that breed inter-religious tension, disharmony etc.
Would you support that the coming President leads the process to put a stop to all the afore-mentioned?
a. I am in support
b. I am against
Dr. Adetolu Ademujimi is a Medical Doctor, Author, Reformer, Coach, Public Policy expert and social entrepreneur, who wrote in from Akure in Nigeria. Email: [email protected]; Twitter: @toluademujimi; Instagram: @adetoluademujimi; Linkedin: @adetolu ademujimi
