Nigerians
yesterday reacted angrily to US criticisms of the country over the anti-same
sex bill signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, saying that
Nigeria will not become the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah in the name of human
rights.
The
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, the umbrella association of all Northern
socio-political organisations, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF; Ndigbo Cultural
Society of Nigeria, NCSN; Adada Media Forum, ADF; Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI; and some individuals including, Senator
Rowland Owie condemned the US attack on Nigeria over the same sex marriage law.>>>>
A
statement signed by the former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Rowland Owie, said
that Nigeria does not regret forbidding same sex marriage.
Also,
the National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Mr Anthony Sani, said “It is difficult
(for Nigerians) to share the sentiments of US and its allies on this matter,
considering that it is not long that some of them approved same sex marriage.”
Elder
statesman and veteran politician, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, commended Jonathan for
signing the bill into law.
Yakasai
said: “President Jonathan should be commended for taking a bold step to sign
the bill into law.
“Same-sex
marriage is not only alien to Nigeria but to the entire African continent.”
He
said that the law was meant for Nigerians, who had expressed their support for
it.
“The
Federal Government should ignore whatever other countries will say on the law
because it is meant for Nigerians only.”
Jonathan,
NASS took the right path – NCSN
The
NCSN commended President Jonathan and the NASS for passing the law against same
sex marriage.
The
NCSN President, Chief Udo Udeogaranya, said the law would preserve and sustain
African culture and insisted that “on the issue of marriage, relationship,
social behaviour and our country, members of National Assembly and President
Jonathan made the best choice.”
His
words: “We commend President Jonathan for taking a strong moral stand in the
face of vindictive Western world by signing the anti-gay bill into law. This
singular act has once again crowned President Jonathan’s efforts towards
promotion, preservation and sustenance of our African culture, heritage and
values.
We
urge members of the National Assembly and the President to consider filtering
and censoring programmes being disseminated into the country from the Western
media, as another major step in protecting our young ones from immoral and
uncultured views.”
US
cannot dictate to us, CAN, others
The
umbrella body of Christians in the country, Christian Association of Nigeria,
CAN, also said the US government cannot dictate to us to leave our moral, and
accept their own immoral ways of life.
Responding
to the US opposition to the recently signed bill banning same-sex marriage in
Nigeria, the General Secretary of CAN, Rev. Musa Asake said, “the thing that
bothers me is that, none of them in the US that is promoting this thing have
gays in their family.
“We
are solidly behind our president for doing the right thing. Can they allow
their sons and daughters to marry each other like that or why are they bothered
to meddle into our own affairs?
“I
congratulate our president, our legislature, this is the right thing we are
doing. We don’t have to drift into a situation, where we don’t have moral
values, because somebody is helping you with a little money. Let them hold on
to their money, we will still survive by the grace of God.”
In
a similar development, the Secretary General of Catholic Secretariat of
Nigeria, CSN, Rev. Fr Ralph Madu said: “Don’t forget that culturally, morally
and biblically it is not right, we cannot swallow everything from Europe and
America. These are some of the things they brought to us and want us to
swallow.
“The
President and the National Assembly are in the right direction as far as this
matter is concern. The US is free to raise eyebrow, after all their own
government is not against homosexuality and all that.
“This
is the first time, we are doing the correct thing that is not in their own way
of doing things. They should not forget that in certain matter like this, the
tradition, culture, religion and many factors that go beyond giving money will
come to play, and that is what Nigeria has done. We have no apology for that.”
Jonathan
should ignore them—Methodist Church
Prelate,
Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Uche in his reaction, hailed the
Nigerian government for its boldness of signing the controversial anti-gay bill
into law, urging that President Goodluck Jonathan should not be bothered about
the expressed opposition from the American government.
Speaking
through the church’s Director of Publicity, Rev. Dapo Daramola, he said that
position of the Methodist Church had at all time been very clear.
“We
are a church and an unrepentant standard bearer of the true gospel of God. He
maintained that God, in His infinite wisdom had created the institution of
marriage which must be between a man and a woman for primary purpose of
procreation among other things.
“Marriage
is created by God between a man and a woman and one of the benefits of marriage
is procreation.”
Continuing,
he argued that if a man and a man or a woman and a woman are allowed to marry
each other there would be no procreation, describing it as the height of
abomination and perversion.
Director
of Social Communications at the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Monsignor
Gabriel Osu congratulated the Nigerian government for the commitment
demonstrated on the anti-gay bill, saying that the opposition coming from the
American government should not be a surprise to anybody.
Catholic
Church lauds FG’s position
“It
is expected for very obvious reasons, that the West which had done everything
to sell their cultures to Africa will stop at nothing to want to impose such
beliefs on the African continent which is always going to the West for
financial aids and loans.”
According
to him, if African leaders are serious about developing the continent they must
find local economic solutions to their problems, pointing out that it is the
penchant of African leaders to go cap in hand to Western governments that makes
them to attach all manner of conditions to the aids and borrowings.
Osu
therefore described the statements credited to the American Secretary of State
on the anti-gay bill that has just be signed into law as a wake up call for
African, especially Nigerian political leaders to stop borrowing from these
Western nations who are determined to impose their pervert nature on us as
conditions we must meet to attract foreign aids.
“They
are seeking ways to reduce their population and are desperate to make African
leaders to, against their culture and religious inclinations, tow their pervert
nature to get economic aids and loans from monies that were lodged in their
nations by corrupt African leaders,” he stated, noting that if Nigerian
governments are desirous of reducing its population it should not be through
same sex marriages.
Sultan
of Sokoto urged Muslims to pray against legalisation of same sex marriage.
Earlier,
the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, under the leadership of Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad
Abubakar 111, had urged Muslims to pray fervently against what it described as
conspiracies to legalise gay marriage and under-age marriage in the country.
According
to the JNI, there was need for Muslims to pray against all manners of
conspiracies on the two issues.
A
statement signed by the JNI Secretary General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, said
that, “We urge Muslim brothers and sisters to pray fervently especially for the
Ummah against all manners of conspiracies in the name of gay marriage, and
early or under age marriage as now being touted with seeming impunity in the
country.’’
Canadian
govt wants Nigeria to repeal anti-gay law
Meanwhile,
the Canadian government has called on Nigerian to repeal the anti-gay law and
expressed concern over the criminalization of homosexuality in Nigeria.
This
came barely 48 hours after the Federal Government signed a bill that
criminalise same sex marriage. The bill contains penalties of up to 14 years in
prison and banned gay marriage, same sex amorous relationship.
The
Canadian government, in a statement by its Foreign Affairs Minister, John
Baird, said, “Canada is deeply concerned that Nigeria has adopted a law that
further criminalizses homosexuality. This law can be used to impose prison
sentences of up to 14 years.
“We
call on Nigeria to repeal this law, to promote and protect human rights and
fundamental freedom of all Nigerians regardless of their sexual orientation.
“Canada
has clearly spoken out against human rights violations committed against people
on the basis of their sexuality, and we will continue to do so.”
Source: Vanguard
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