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Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led to address the burning issue of insecurity in the country by giving Fulani herdsmen enough bailout funds to buy land for the establishment of ranches.
MURIC also advised Miyetti Allah to take responsibility and show good leadership by re-organizing its members into cooperatives and ask the Federal Government for bailouts to buy huge portions of land where they can set up ranches and graze freely.
The suggestion was contained in a press statement circulated among the media on Wednesday by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
“The Federal Government still has some options open to it after the state governments in the South rejected the ideas of ranches and rugas. In our own view, the state governments who rejected the idea of donating land for ranches and ruga settelements did so because nobody was prepared to pay for such land and FG showed no intention to do so.
Appoint Bishop Kukah as minister, give him 6 portfolios if you want – Muslim group tells FG
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has said the Federal Government was free to appoint Bishop Matthew Kukah as a minister but never again as a me.
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has said the Federal Government was free to appoint Bishop Matthew Kukah as a minister but never again as a mediator.
The Muslim group said the Federal Government could appoint the cleric to any federal post but not to committees and councils that will mediate between the North and the South or between Christians and Muslim
By Alao Abiodun
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Wednesday came under attack for asking the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, to resign from the General Abdulsalam-led National Peace Committee.
The group had in a statement issued by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, criticised Kukah following the cleric’s Christmas message to Nigerians.
Nigerians took to social media to berate MURIC for not asking for the resignation of service chiefs, and for always creating unnecessary controversies.
Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna state, said, “Dear MURIC, relocate to Bama and take on the BH.”
@Ezbaronkings said, “I expect MURIC to ask Buhari to resign for being unable to protect the citizens or even to punish those who kill!”
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ABUJA, NIGERIA - Muslim groups in Nigeria are calling for the resignation of a Catholic clergyman who sternly criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over continued insecurity in the country. But Nigerian Christian groups have backed the priest, noting that his views represent the position of the broader Christian public.
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned Bishop Matthew Kukah s comments about the government, saying he portrayed Islam as a violent religion and implied that Buhari should be overthrown.
The group also moved for Kukah s removal from the country’s National Peace Committee, where he is secretary.