The leadership of the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of
projecting an Islamic agenda.
The body said the President has
made three key appointments in the last few days, but that none is from the
South or a Christian.
Buhari recently appointed Yusuf
Magaji Bichi, a Muslim, from Kano State to replace Matthew Seiyefa, a Christian
from Bayelsa who had been operating in an acting capacity since Lawal Daura was
sacked.
Mr Abbas Umar Masanawa was also
named the Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting
Company, just as Hajiya Zainab Ahmed was appointed the acting Finance Minister
to replace Mrs Kemi Adeosun who resigned.
CAN spokesman, Bayo Oladeji, in a
statement on Monday alleged that the marginalisation of the Christians is
deliberate to heighten the tension in the land for whatever reasons.
He said: “CAN notes with
disappointments, shocks and surprises that despite our appeal to President
Buhari to break the domination of the country’ security council by people of
the same religion and language in a multi-religious and multi-ethnic groups
that make up Nigeria, he still derives pleasure in turning a deaf ear to the
Voice of Wisdom and Reason as manifested in the three appointments.
“The President, who at his
inauguration three years ago promised to be fair to all, has been consistently
and persistently discriminating against Christians and Southerners in all his
appointments and policies.
“CAN is also disappointed with
the justification of the illegalities being perpetrated by Buhari in the
lopsided appointments by the Presidency including a handful Christians in his
government who are doing so primarily to keep their jobs, at the expense of the
majority.
“For anyone to be asking all
well-meaning Nigerians, including some media houses, to stop complaining of the
lopsided appointments in the security apparatus of the country is
reprehensible, insensitive, and wicked.
“Perhaps, if there was no
undeclared systematic ethnic cleansing and genocide in the predominantly
Christian communities in the country, as rightly observed by the likes of Prof
Wole Soyinka and General T. Y. Danjuma of recent, we would have turned a blind
eye to the unlawful action of the President.
“The notorious Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has been threatening those who
condemn their nefarious activities in the Middle belt where thousands of our
members are being killed with impunity, yet the association that has a lot of
things in common with terrorist organisations are not only being treated with
kid gloves by the security agencies, but their aggressive attacks on the
innocent people are being justified by the President, the Defence Minister, the
Minister of Interior, the Minister of Information and the Inspector General of
Police.
“The Boko Haram Islamic terrorist
organisation has not ceased attacking and killing our people, they are
abducting our members on a daily basis and despite all our hues and cries, the
Federal Government and the security agencies have refused to liberate Leah
Sharibu and others in the enclave of this blood-sucking terrorist group because
of their faith.
“CAN is fully persuaded beyond
any reasonable doubt that it is the lopsided appointments in the security
agencies that is largely responsible why Christians have become endangered
species in their Fatherland under the leadership of Buhari.
CAN also wishes to observe that
the lopsided appointments is a hallmark of the Federal Government in other key
ministries like Interior, Defence, Education and Information.
“We challenge the Federal
Ministry of Information and the Presidency to contradict this fact with
evidences by publishing names of all heads of the parastatals and agencies
including their states of origins and religions.
“These are all parts of the gradual
and subtle islamisation agenda, but we are sad that those who are benefitting
from the existing order, Christians inclusive, have been dismissing this alert
with a wave of hands.”
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