{"id":463472,"date":"2011-07-18T17:18:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/islamiic-bank-clerics-call-for-sanusi%e2%80%99s-sack\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T17:18:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T17:18:22","slug":"islamiic-bank-clerics-call-for-sanusis-sack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/islamiic-bank-clerics-call-for-sanusis-sack\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamiic bank: Clerics call for Sanusi\u2019s sack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"74\">\n<p>By Emma Amaize and Akpokona Omafuaire<\/p>\n<p>WARRI \u2013 THE International College of Pentecostal Bishops of Nigeria and Overseas, Monday, called for the immediate sack of the Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido for allegedly using his position to create a policy that is threatening the unity of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Bishops in a statement signed by Bishop Simon Gbakara also joined the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in condemning the introduction of Islamic banking in Nigeria, saying, it is inimical to the unity of the country.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0 stated that the Nigerian Christians were not afraid of introduction of Islamic banking as being insinuated in some quarters,\u00a0 but that were\u00a0 concerned about the continued oneness of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigerian Christians are not afraid but are worried about the separation effect the Islamic banking will bring on the long run. Also it is a way of indirectly Islamizing the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on President Goodluck Jonathan to think of the unity and peace of the nation and jettison the idea of Islamic banking. We urge all Christians to pray for the nation and pursue peace in all their dealings\u201d, they stated.<\/p>\n<p>The group called for full of the\u00a0 Islamic fundamentalist sect,\u00a0 Boko Haram\u00a0 with a view to unmasking\u00a0 the sponsors and making them to face the music, adding that as a terrorist group,\u00a0 the government should use every force to wipe them out.<\/p>\n<p>They frowned at the prosecution of the police officers over the killing of the Boko Haram leader and said, \u201cThe police should be commended for killing the terrorist leader and not to punish them.\u201d , adding that the\u00a0 arrested members of the sect should be tried and prosecuted with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/07\/islamiic-bank-clerics-call-for-sanusis-sack\/\" title=\"Islamiic bank: Clerics call for Sanusi\u2019s sack\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islamiic bank: Clerics call for Sanusi\u2019s sack<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Emma Amaize and Akpokona Omafuaire WARRI \u2013 THE International College of Pentecostal Bishops of Nigeria and Overseas, Monday, called for the immediate sack of the Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido for allegedly using his position to create a policy that is threatening the unity of the country. The College of Bishops in a statement signed by Bishop Simon Gbakara also joined the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in condemning the introduction of Islamic banking in Nigeria, saying, it is inimical to the unity of the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Islamiic bank: Clerics call for Sanusi\u2019s sack - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/islamiic-bank-clerics-call-for-sanusis-sack\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Islamiic bank: Clerics call for Sanusi\u2019s sack - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Emma Amaize and Akpokona Omafuaire WARRI \u2013 THE International College of Pentecostal Bishops of Nigeria and Overseas, Monday, called for the immediate sack of the Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido for allegedly using his position to create a policy that is threatening the unity of the country. 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