{"id":61513,"date":"2018-04-05T22:11:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T21:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=61513"},"modified":"2018-04-05T23:03:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T22:03:24","slug":"buhari-to-nigerians-i-have-no-religious-agenda-and-not-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-to-nigerians-i-have-no-religious-agenda-and-not-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari To Nigerians: I Have No Religious Agenda And Not Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>President Muhammadu Buhari\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1635825768\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in Abuja called on religious leaders to work towards the broader goal of building a strong and unified nation, and avoid insinuations that could divide the populace, especially along religious lines.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He made the call while receiving a delegation of the Arewa Pastors Non-Denominational Initiative for Peace in Nigeria led by Bishop John Abu Richard, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The President, in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, said religious leaders have the responsibility of creating an enabling environment for peace and development to thrive.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said \u201cSome voices, for political or ethnic reasons are making unguarded statements accusing the government and myself in particular of religious bias.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLet me assure you, honourable clergymen that this is far from the truth.\u00a0\u00a0In my career as a soldier, administrator, and politician, I have never veered from my oath of office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I had the honour to lead a Military Government there were more Christians than Muslims in the Federal Executive Council and the Supreme Military Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not by design but I appointed people on their merit without the slightest bias.\u00a0\u00a0The present Federal Executive Council is also evenly balanced; again not by design but by respecting and rewarding individual qualities,\u2019\u2019 the President said.<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari noted that he was delighted at the proposition to hold a one day prayer and fasting meeting for the nation,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1635825769\"><span class=\"aQJ\">April 26, 2018<\/span><\/span>, assuring that he would direct the Inspector General of Police to provide adequate security for the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the leader of the delegation said more than 45,000 pastors in the Northern part of Nigeria had registered with the initiative to use their pulpits for the propagation of the gospel of peace, and shun political distractions.<\/p>\n<p>He urged other pastors to support the administration as it works towards ending the violence in various parts of the country and avoid politically coloured sermons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari\u00a0on Thursday\u00a0in Abuja called on religious leaders to work towards the broader goal of building a strong and unified nation, and avoid insinuations that could divide the populace,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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