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With barely five weeks to the general election, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, accused some Nigerians of using religion to foster their economic and political agenda.
He said only the continuous education of a large number of citizens would expose such people.
According to a statement signed late Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari spoke at Nouakchott, Mauritania, while meeting with the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Rashad Hussain.
The statement is titled ‘The place of education in addressing religious intolerance, by President Buhari.’
“It’s a problem Nigeria has been struggling with for a long time, and it is completely unnecessary. Some people use religion as sentiment, but with adequate education, people are seeing through it now,” Buhari said.
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