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Cardinal Onaiyekan cautions Buhari over federal appointments
 
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Thu, 12 Oct 2017   ||   Nigeria,
 

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John  Onaiyekan has asked President Muhammudu Buhari to to ensure that all federal appointments have fair representation both from the Islam and the Christian faith, as a way of ensuring that no group in the country feels marginalised on religious basis.

Cardinal John said this while speaking with journalists on Wednesday, in Abuja, at the 15th Annual Conference of the Nigeria Anglican Roman Catholic Commission (NARCC), His

Eminence Onayekan, while reacting to the alarm raised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), that there are plans in some quarters to Islamised Nigeria, called on the President not to allow any leader under his government input policies that have a bias direction for the country.

He stated that: “Those ruling now should be aware that the way the country is now, every single appointment and promotion is been watched by the whole country, so they should make sure they don’t give any group reasons to think and believe that the are been marginalised.”

Cardinal Onayekan said: “The president and all those with him swore that they will run the affairs of this nation without fear or favour.”

 

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