Tinubu no plan to islamize Nigeria

The presidential  candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday met with the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Abuja, vowing never to run his administration on religious bias should he win the 2023 election.

He assured them that in spite of his running mate being a Muslim like himself, no faith was superior.
The meeting, which is the second leg of CAN’s dialogue session with 2023 presidential candidates, provided the opportunity for the apex Christian body to present its ‘Charter for Future Nigeria’ to the APC standard bearer.

CAN President, His Eminence Archbishop Daniel Okoh, in his opening remarks, described the dialogue session as an opportunity to come together and review the collective understanding of the Nigerian crisis of development and governance and find a lasting solution.

On Tinubu’s entourage were his wife, Oluremi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Governors Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Minister of Special Duties, Senator George Akume; and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, among others.

Speaking at the meeting, Tinubu said despite his decision to pick a Muslim running mate, he saw all Nigerians as equals and as brothers and sisters in one national family.

He said:  “This means no one is inherently inferior or superior to anyone else, regardless of faith, place of origin, social status and gender.
“Anyone, who does not hold this fair and equitable view, should not run for president in a country such as ours.

You, as an organization and as individual leaders of CAN, are entrusted as the watch person of the welfare of this society from a Christian perspective; which means functioning in an atmosphere of charity, understanding, patience and wisdom.
“I understand the tremendous importance of your work and have nothing but the deepest respect for your selfless contributions to our national cause.
“I did not come here to flatter you. Yet, it is necessary to state that I see your work as essential. No society or nation can rightly function or achieve greatness without its moral and ethical fibre being properly intact.

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