--- Imams demand inclusion on FG civil service payroll
Some moslem clerics rising from a recent meeting in Minna, Niger state have issued a communique demanding their inclusion on the FG civil service payroll for their "laudable" roles in "moulding and re-shaping the society". In a nation where pensioners are dying on pension queues and bonafide civil servants stay home for centuries on industrial actions due to unpaid salaries, it is amazing that a group of ragtag "religious leaders" are demanding to be "rewarded" for their contributions to society. Pray, which "contributions" are we talking about here? Fatwahs, numerous religious riots on the mundane, and imposing sharia in a secular nation? How many people would qualify under the category of "moulders and re-shapers of society?" Since when did a voluntary religious obligation become a government responsibility? Methinks FG's unnecessary pandering to every whim of a section of this country and her unwholesome involvement in primarily private religious affairs such as the hajj has emboldened these fellows to further desecrate the sanctity of the constitution. Does the constitution still mean anymore than a mere document today? All hail the Islamic republic of Nigeria!