The chiemeziem’s BlogSpot team
reports that Lai Mohammed the minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on
Information and Culture has called for peace at the Peace Conversation with
religious leaders organized by the National Orientation Agency on Wednesday,
December 10, 2015 in Abuja. His live interview report goes thus:
“You, our revered religious
leaders, have a great role to play in this respect. Top on the list of these
roles is the need to de-radicalize those who have been exposed to extremist and
violent view of religion, especially in the north-east.
“It is
important for you, our religious leaders, to highlight the pristine and
unadulterated version of the two dominant religious faith, Christianity and
Islam, to remind all the adherents of both faith that nowhere did any of them
preach hatred and violence,”
The minister goes ahead to speak about the ongoing war with
the Book-Haram sect, he urged Nigerians to help in the fight for terrorism by their
cooperation as the government is determined to end insurgency.
"The military is doing their best to restore peace to the affected communities. What is missing, however, is the civilian component of the war in the form of support from all Nigerians for the military in their efforts to decimate the remnants of the insurgents.
“Our
religious leaders have a great role to play in this respect. That is why we
will be calling on them in the days ahead to be part of the integrated efforts
to rally people of all faith and from all walks of life to support the war
effort,” he added.
Meanwhile, the
United Nigerian Chaplaincy has announced its capability of stopping the pro-Biafra
protest in the southeast and any
other violent protest taking place in Nigeria. The group goes ahead to say that
they can achieve this by integrating various dominant religious groups in the
country.
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