Imams and Islamic scholars in the country have been tasked to take the lead in preaching against corruption to their followers.

They were charged to tailor their sermon towards promoting accountability and transparency in public and private sectors.

This admonition was made in Lagos on Thursday at the sensitization programme for Imams and Scholars across Lagos state organized by Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society.

This is just as the state government vowed to engage some religious leaders including Pastors and place them on salary to assist in reorienting the people to shun corruption and immorality.

Chairman of the occasion and Lagos Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdulhakeem Abdulateef said Lagos state government will continue to interact with leaders of different faiths and “we shall be willing to even engage many of them by making provision for their salaries so that they can assist government to re-orientate the people for good”.

He tasked Imams as well as Pastors to be above board and encourage their followers to shun corruption.

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just watch as pastors and imams would just increase over night. but will never condemn apc. never

Good day. I think this is a wrong move,
let them use the money to build infrastructures, help widows who are widows indeed.
if u want to help the church, pls cancel port duty/taxes on things imported by the church etc.
If this is allowed, the government will control the church in future. Don't give pastors any salary.

Nonsense

Should they be paid for preaching what they told us their prophets advocated in their holy books?

Bad bad move.

APC and corrupt practices,this is a subtle way to corrupt and control the religious leaders,it is vote buying 2.0, they realized their influence on the on them is dwindling, but I will give it to them they're crafty and strategic, very good at masking their intentions, just like osinbajo quickly engaged banky w when his campaign for voters education was gaining tracksion many people didn't see where they were going until the 67million youth initiatives.