{"id":1185456,"date":"2022-08-20T18:01:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T18:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/20\/tinubu-will-make-major-concessions-to-christians\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T18:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T18:01:41","slug":"tinubu-will-make-major-concessions-to-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/20\/tinubu-will-make-major-concessions-to-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Will Make Major Concessions To Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_839287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-839287\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-839287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Femi Fani-Kayode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode asserts that Nigerians, especially Christians, need not be concerned about the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Bola Tinubu, the APC\u2019s presidential candidate, is not planning to Islamize the nation, according to a statement released by Fani-Kayode on Saturday, and he will make \u201csignificant concessions\u201d to Christians in terms of appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Two Muslims were chosen by the ruling party to run for president and vice president, and this decision has drawn criticism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0MURIC To Kukah: Aguiyi-Ironsi Started Muslim-Muslim Ticket In Nigeria, Not Buhari<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only can Nigeria NOT be Islamised but under a Tinubu APC presidency I have no doubt that major concessions will be made in terms of key positions for Christians not just in the executive but also across the three arms of Government in order to make up the balance and assuage the feelings of the many Christians that are concerned, aggrieved and even offended by the prospect and fielding of a Muslim\/Muslim ticket,\u201d Fani-Kayode said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are other key positions that can and will be given to Christians in the three arms of government which are even more powerful and relevant than that of a vice-president which, with all due respect to those that occupy that position today, is essentially nothing but a spare tyre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, will ensure that the necessary concessions are made to Christians and that everyone, regardless of their faith, has a fair and full portion in their administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf this I have no doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Femi Fani-Kayode Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode asserts that Nigerians, especially Christians, need not be concerned about the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bola Tinubu, the APC\u2019s presidential candidate, is not planning to Islamize the nation, according to a statement released by Fani-Kayode on Saturday, and he will make \u201csignificant concessions\u201d to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1158768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1185456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1185456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1185456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}