Niger govt demands clerics submit sermons for approval 

Niger State Government has announced a caller argumentation requiring spiritual preachers to taxable their sermons for support earlier delivering them successful public.

Governor Umar Bago confirmed the improvement during an quality connected TVC’s Politics connected Sunday, explaining that the measurement is intended to forestall harmful oregon inciteful messages.

“I didn’t prohibition evangelism… For everyone going to sermon connected Friday, helium should bring his scriptures for review, and it’s normal. Even successful Saudi Arabia, this is done,” Bago said.

“We cannot accidental due to the fact that you person been fixed the accidental to beryllium a cleric, you volition spell retired and preach the gospel that is anti-people, anti-government and you deliberation it’s normal.”

The politician added that information agencies would collaborate with the authorities to enforce the policy.

“It’s successful that direction. We privation to beryllium capable to spot what they are preaching, perceive what they are saying. We are moving unneurotic with information agencies; the Department of State Services (DSS), the Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the military,” helium said.

In summation to sermon approvals, the authorities is besides introducing a licensing strategy for preachers. Earlier this month, Umar Farooq, caput of Niger State Religious Affairs, said clerics indispensable get licences wrong 2 months.

“It is true, the state government has banned preaching. Any preacher who wants to preach indispensable unafraid a licence betwixt present and the adjacent 2 months.

“All they request to bash is to sojourn our office, get, and capable retired the form. After which, they volition person to look a sheet that volition surface them earlier they tin commencement preaching,” Farooq said.

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