It is about time our National Assembly members enacted laws that will protect the religious minorities- meaning that ones religious views will be respected, no matter the circumstances. The idea of programming a computer system in both public and private places such that it must reject the entry of anybody who is neither Christian nor Muslim is ethically reprehensible and tends to dictate and impose on us the only religions approved by our constitution, not the ones driven by our conscience. Hence, we are Christians and Muslims by default. I think this issue should be addressed immediately in other to give Nigerian citizens a sense of belonging and protect their fundamental human right. As I write this post, my National Identity Card is carrying a religion which I am not a confessor of. Same with my bank details. Sometime in 2010 when I was about registering my SIM cards, a mild drama ensued between me and the lady who was incharge of the exercise. I insisted that she fields Agnostism as my Religion. She explained sympathically that the system has refused to accept Agnostism. I then asked her to try traditional religion; she did, yet was still rejected by her system. I was then left with no other choice than to become a Christian by the will of our telecommunication companies. That is the irony of religious freedom in Nigeria. The consequence, of that flagrant violation of my fundamental human right is the reason I get hundreds of messages from MTN, asking me to send blah, blah, blah to 3700 and down Pastors Adegboye and Oyedegbo message as my caller tone, which I am in return charged N70.00 monthly. How preposterous this appears! In Nigeria, it is taken for granted that one must be a Christian if he is not a Muslim. And that all other beliefs are less important. Systematically, the irreligious in Nigeria have been conditioned with a religion they are not proud to espouse. Yet, this fact has never been mentioned as one of the numerous reasons Nigeria has remained a primitive state. I challenge President Goodluck Jonathan and our lawmakers, both in national and state levels, to rise about self-induced primitivity and tackle this issue headlong. We cannot continue this way.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:12:42 +0000
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