Kebbi govt warns clerics against inflammatory comments

The Kebbi State Government has cautioned spiritual leaders successful the authorities against utilizing their pulpits to marque what it described arsenic inflammatory and unverified allegations against the administration, urging those funny successful governmental disapproval to openly articulation partisan politics.

The informing was issued by the state’s Ministry for Religious Affairs pursuing comments attributed to an Islamic cleric, Malam Bashir Jega, who reportedly alleged that the medication of Nasir Idris had failed to enactment spiritual activities successful the state.

Responding to the allegation connected Sunday, the Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Muhammad Zuru, dismissed the assertion arsenic misleading and urged clerics crossed the authorities to debar statements susceptible of inciting nationalist unrest.

Zuru said the constitution of the Ministry for Religious Affairs and different related bodies by the authorities authorities demonstrated its committedness to promoting spiritual activities successful the state.

“The instauration of the Ministry for Religious Affairs with subsidiaries specified arsenic the Hisbah Board, Zakat Board and the Preaching Board, each gazetted by the Kebbi State Government, intelligibly shows that the medication of Governor Nasir Idris has done a batch for religion successful the sta...