Group tasks Tinubu on proactive actions against insecurity

The Student Christian Movement (SCM) has called connected President Bola Tinubu and information agencies to instrumentality much decisive actions and beryllium much proactive successful securing the lives and spot of Nigerians.

In a connection yesterday, SCM observed, with dismay, the palpable insecurity successful Nigeria, peculiarly the unrelenting killings of Nigerians (especially Christians) successful Benue and Plateau states.

It stated that the effect of the authorities and information agencies has not been encouraging. The group, nonetheless, commended Tinubu for articulating and implementing respective policies that are supportive of concern and younker empowerment, which has seen galore youths getting engaged successful productive activities by keying into them, citing the Student Loans Scheme, which has bailed retired galore indigent Nigerian students arsenic 1 of many.

The SCM, however, lamented the appalling deprivation of the spiritual rights of Christian Students successful immoderate sections of the country.
This was communicated done a communiqué issued by the National Secretary, SCM, Mr. IsuosuoOkeoghene, and the Chairperson, Communiqué Committee, Dr. Orekyeh Emeka, astatine the extremity of its 85th Anniversary and 33rd National Biennial Conference, themed, “Restore: Rebuild, Renew and Restore,” drawn from Isaiah 58: 6-12, which was held connected April 17 to 21, 2025, successful Bariga, Lagos State.

“On the contented of 1 period Ramadan fasting/holiday for some nationalist and backstage schools successful immoderate Northern states, affecting some Muslim and non-Muslim students, SCM observed with dismay the caller arbitrary closure of nationalist and backstage schools successful immoderate Northern states (e.g. Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano) successful the sanction of Ramadan fasting successful a state which is constitutionally a secular state. “We respect the rights of our Muslim brothers and sisters to observe their Islamic practices arsenic guaranteed by the Constitution.

“However, we judge it is inappropriate, insensitive and a full breach of the constitutional, acquisition and kid rights laws of Christian Students, and is besides successful usurpation of the law rule of secularity of the Nigerian authorities nether Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).”

In this regard, SCM supports the solution and presumption expressed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) connected this issue.