Oritsejafor Restates Stance On Islamic Banking .
Saturday, 10 September 2011 00:00 From Joke Akanmu, Abuja News - National .

THE president of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has again cautioned Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on his role in the establishment of Islamic Banking system in the country.

Speaking with journalists yesterday in Abuja, Oritsejafor who is also the president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), said the CBN governor has no business spearheading the Islamic Banking system in the country.

He also urged firmer government action against the extremist Boko Haram Islamic sect.

He berated Sanusi for spreading the notion that non-interest banking was synonymous with the Islamic religion. The cleric insisted there were more than two recognised models of non-interest banking.

He, however, called for uniform guidelines for all non-interest banking systems seeking licence from the CBN.

The CAN president also alleged that Sanusi was promoting Islamic banking with public funds, which according to him, is beyond the CBN governor’s constitutional limits.

He challenged the CBN governor to give account of funds spent on Islamic banking to Nigerians and return such money to public treasury.

He also called on the CBN to announce uniform guidelines for licensing non-interest banking system, as it is done in the educational sector, so as to avoid discrimination in the nation’s financial sector.

His words: “There has to be one uniform guideline for all non-interest banking. You cannot have one separate guideline for Islamic banking and another set of guideline for all others. That is wrong and discriminatory and totally unacceptable to us.

“In the educational sector, there is only one set of guideline to start any kind of school and if you meet the condition, they will give you the licence. We are saying in Nigeria, everyone should be treated as equal.”

On Boko Haram terrorism, Oritsejafor said government should bring to book the sponsors of the sect.

He stated: “We know that government knows the sponsors of this Islamic sect, but are only treating them with kids gloves. Government needs to act forcefully and decisively because Boko Haram is out to Islamise the country and that is the reason why the government needs to act fast”.

The Christian leader also noted that if appropriate measures were not taken to stem the tide of violence in Jos and its environs, it might snowball into a crisis that might not be easily handled.

He enjoined the federal government to take proactive and forceful measures to curb incessant killings in Jos and bring lasting peace to the country as a whole.


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Village priest.

When you junk up people with hundreds of years of civilization together with common villagers, this is what you get. Every nonentity shouting for recognition. Don't they have a group of people in this CAN that decides or its just this village man speaking for everybody?

I thought this man said they were working on a christian model?yet he is still complaining about Islamic banking.Na wah o!Some sort of hypocrisy. If not why would you say that you have come up with a banking system that is peculiar to the Christians and you would soon send it to the CBN for endorsement and sponsorship.After a while still come back with more crap.Its simple he is bent on making trouble not that the Islamic banking has any issues that could bother for real.Typical of a bigot and fanatic!!!!He is sounding more like Since its not mine and i don't like it then everyone must not use it.How selfish of a supposed leader.

Kizilala:

[s]Oritsejafor Restates Stance On Islamic Banking .
Saturday, 10 September 2011 00:00 From Joke Akanmu, Abuja News - National .

THE president of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has again cautioned Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on his role in the establishment of Islamic Banking system in the country.

Speaking with journalists yesterday in Abuja, Oritsejafor who is also the president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), said the CBN governor has no business spearheading the Islamic Banking system in the country.

He also urged firmer government action against the extremist Boko Haram Islamic sect.

He berated Sanusi for spreading the notion that non-interest banking was synonymous with the Islamic religion. The cleric insisted there were more than two recognised models of non-interest banking.

He, however, called for uniform guidelines for all non-interest banking systems seeking licence from the CBN.

The CAN president also alleged that Sanusi was promoting Islamic banking with public funds, which according to him, is beyond the CBN governor’s constitutional limits.

He challenged the CBN governor to give account of funds spent on Islamic banking to Nigerians and return such money to public treasury.

He also called on the CBN to announce uniform guidelines for licensing non-interest banking system, as it is done in the educational sector, so as to avoid discrimination in the nation’s financial sector.

His words: “There has to be one uniform guideline for all non-interest banking. You cannot have one separate guideline for Islamic banking and another set of guideline for all others. That is wrong and discriminatory and totally unacceptable to us.

“In the educational sector, there is only one set of guideline to start any kind of school and if you meet the condition, they will give you the licence. We are saying in Nigeria, everyone should be treated as equal.”[/s]

On Boko Haram terrorism, Oritsejafor said government should bring to book the sponsors of the sect.

He stated: “We know that government knows the sponsors of this Islamic sect, but are only treating them with kids gloves. Government needs to act forcefully and decisively because Boko Haram is out to Islamise the country and that is the reason why the government needs to act fast”.

The Christian leader also noted that if appropriate measures were not taken to stem the tide of violence in Jos and its environs, it might snowball into a crisis that might not be easily handled.

He enjoined the federal government to take proactive and forceful measures to curb incessant killings in Jos and bring lasting peace to the country as a whole.

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Oritsejafor himself knows that GEJ is weak.

Demdem:

Oritsejafor himself knows that GEJ is weak.

Obviously he also knows that because he might have had access to such information and is also liable for not calling the names.They keep playing politics and causing unnecessary apprehension.I am for total exposure of the culprits even if you would not arrest them.So that we can better dissociate from them.
Except where the goal is to cause panic and play with peoples opinion and align people of selected interest for a common evil deed under the pretext danger and yet get Nigerians to accept that they are import to ensure security.

All you boko haram sponsors, Ayo said what is right. If he is a village pastor it doesn't make whatever he said wrong. Listen to him. There has to be a set of rules to establish any such non interest banking. There should not be different standards. Besides Sanusi is using public fund to promote what a faction of the populace will benefit from and that is criminal.

We are watching oo. We are not fools. Even if you want go and use Igbo name to register we know you are boko haram