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, 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.
