Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, has re-echoed it’s stand on the Court case between Governor Nasir El-Rufai and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, (PFN), on the controversial executive bill before Kaduna State House of Assembly.
Speaking to journalists in an interview, the State Secretary of CAN, Sunday Ibrahim, said the position of the Association over the executive bill seeking to regulate religious activities in the state was very clear and unhidden.
The Secretary said, “Our position is not hidden, l know you must have read in some papers of our position as a body. And also just like a family, every child in the family has their legal rights to do whatever they want to do.
“So, PFN as a body decided to go to court because they are also registered with cooperate affairs, is their fundamental rights,” he said.
On his views on what would be the implications and its effect on smooth practice of Christian religion in the state, should the bill be passed, Ibrahim said, “Well, l think you should go through other interviews I’ve granted before now, and our position has not changed.”
The court case is before Justice Hajara Gwadah of Kaduna State High Court against Governor Nasir el-Rufai and two others.
PFN is asking the court to declare as null and void a controversial executive bill before Kaduna State House of Assembly, which seeks to strengthen a moribund 1984 Kaduna State law that regulates preaching in the state.
The case, filed by President of PFN, Professor (Rev) Femi Ehinmidu, through the Counsel of PFN, Sunday Akani, joined Kaduna State House of Assembly and Attorney General of the state.
In the suit, the PFN, made up of all Pentecostal churches in Nigeria, is seeking the enforcement of its fundamental rights “as guaranteed under Sections 38(1), 39(1), 40(1), and 42(1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended and under the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights.”
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