Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has dispelled rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to Islamize Nigeria as a total lie.
He called on Nigerians to ignore such reports, saying that there was no plan to convert the country to Islamic state.
Recently, a group known as the Igbo Leaders of Thought accused President Muhammadu Buhari of sponsoring Fulani herdsmen to kill Nigerians because of his pursuit to Islamize the country. Speaking with the members of the Student Christian Movement of Nigeria (SCM) who paid a courtesy visit to him in his office in Abuja, Osinbajo said Nigerians should disregard such rumour, declaring that “Nigeria can’t be Islamized”
He further enjoined religious bodies to channel their energies towards proffering panacea to the numerous challenges facing the country.
While noting that the opportunities were far much more now than they were in the past, Osinbajo stressed the need for young people to take responsibility for their future and be creative.
Earlier, the National President of SCM, Rev, Eric Ighalo, lauded the government for its social interventions such as the N-Power initiative and the conditional transfer scheme.
Ighalo expressed the willingness of the body to partner with government in several areas including serving as government ambassadors in their constituencies.
