The Nigerian Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has reportedly
tabled a seven-point demand before the British government for the peaceful
resolution of the entire sectarian crises threatening the stability and unity
of Nigeria.
Vanguard reports that the demands were made when the elders
visited the British high commission in Abuja as part of its efforts to provide
solutions to the crisis in Nigeria.
The group reportedly accused the British government of
skewing leadership advantage to the Islamists of northern Nigeria.
The report quoted a statement signed by the NCEF chairman,
Elder Solomon Asemota, as saying the elders pleaded with the British government
to understand the issues unfolding in the country.
It also wants the British government to assist in the
establishment of a Nigeria that practises the “words of our Independence
national anthem, ‘Though tribes and tongues may differ, in brotherhood we
stand’.”
The elders said they wanted urgently, a truth, peace and
reconciliation commission to be set up as the basis for confession,
forgiveness, healing and reconciliation in the country, and restructuring of
the country.
They also want the country to conform to true federalism;
remove of government sponsorship of religious pilgrimages and the making of
section 10 of the constitution justiciable.
Apart from these, they demanded for the immediate inventory,
assessment and payment of compensation for lives and property lost to
insurgency and Jihad in the country. They requested for an urgent intervention
of the British government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu as well as the
remaining Chibok girls still in captivity of the insurgents.
Furthermore, they called for the “abolition of Nigerian
Inter-religious Council (NIREC) and its replacement with Nigerian Charter on
Religious Rights and Freedom.”
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