The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Friday passed the Religious Preaching Regulation bill into law.

The new Religious Preaching Regulation law substitutes similar law of 1984 in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Executive Bill, brought to the Assembly in 2016, was passed hours before the eighth Assembly was dissolved on Friday.

The bill had been with the assembly three years and had been opposed by Muslim and Christian bodies as well as individuals across the state.

The state government had in 2016 argued the bill was meant to regulate religious preaching in order to promote religious harmony and peaceful coexistence not to stipple religious freedom.

The Speaker of the Assembly, Alhaji Aminu Shagali, presided over the sitting during which the bill was passed after it was read clause by clause.

It provides for the establishment of an Interfaith Regulatory Council at the state level and committees at local government levels responsible for screening and issuing licence to preachers.
The councils will have two representatives each of Christian and Islamic bodies among other members.

According to the speaker, the new law has mandated the council to hear and determine appeals to be brought before it arising from the decision of the local government interfaith committees.

The Council also has power to issue regulations considered necessary to guide the local government interfaith committees in the performance of their functions as provided under the bill, if signed into law.
The bill when signed into law, stipulates that in each of the 23 local Government areas of the state, a committee to be known as the Local Government Interfaith Committee has to be established.

“The Local Government Interfaith Committee shall consider and recommend to state Interfaith Regulation Council all applications for the grant of licence to religious preachers as well as screen and recommend preachers for the grant of license among other functions.
The supplementary provision provides that all cassettes, CDs, flash drives or any other communication gadgets containing religious recordings from accredited preachers may be played inside a private dwelling unit or vehicle, entrance porch (zaure), church, mosque and any other designated place of worship.

ALRIGHT

This is normal for a secular state in order not to disturb the society but I am not sure the fanatics will take lightly, perhaps, will the government be fair enough in this case when dealing with issues involved.....

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Political scrutiny of the pupits...

#issokay

I wonder how it is that this religious leaders have so much clout over our lives

This bill has a subtle way of suppressing one particular religion against the other.....


It a good bill though,I don't know who would oversee compliance n adherence to the latter atheist?

zainabicy:
Political scrutiny of the pupils...

#issokay

I wonder how it is that this religious leaders have so much clout over our lives

Over our lives?

Why do I find this offensive ?

We need such laws all over the country and not just Kaduna , so all this money making organizations Head's will have a bit of sanity !
Paul kagame closed down all the churches in Rwanda where the pastors lack at least a degree in theology...I think Nigeria should follow such step , these people ( mosques included )need to start paying tax , and registering thier enterprise under CAC , they make a hell of money from thier clients , under the disguise of being a charity organization , then they'll still go about preaching heresies and confusing the already confused folks in thier assembly !
Good step from Kaduna state , They will start crying foul , and talking sh*t about Antichrist bla bla , but that is thier cup of tea , make them find bread put ,cos this law has come to stay !

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Over our lives?

Why do I find this offensive ?

Because you were sleepy eyed when you read it...