N’Assembly’s Insensitive Anti-Religious FRSC Bill
For the National Assembly to impose N50,000 fines on preachers in the Federal Road Safety Corps (Amendment) Bill, 2026, at a time that the federal government is facing allegations of
The National Assembly has faced criticism for imposing N50,000 fines on preachers in the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Bill, 2026 during a time when allegations of Christian persecution are being raised by the United States government. This move, which some religious leaders consider anti-Christian, has been seen as insensitive by many Nigerians, especially as the government is currently dealing with accusations of persecuting Christians.
Despite the Nigerian government's denial of any Christian genocide and its insistence on religious tolerance, the proposed bill has been met with protests from Christian bodies like the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). These groups are urging President Bola Tinubu to withhold his assent to the bill, arguing that it infringes on their constitutional right to preach.
They also point out that preventing preaching inside commercial buses is not a common cause of accidents and thus, does not warrant such a severe punishment.
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