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Worried
by the dust raised by the proposed Religious Preaching Bill currently before
the Kaduna State House of Assembly, the Kaduna State Govt. on Wednesday met the
leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the state.
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At
the meeting held at the old chamber of the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, the state
Deputy Gov. Barnabas Bala, who represented Gov. Nasir el-Rufai met with CAN,
which was led by its state Chairman, Dr. George Dodo.
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Bala
noted at the opening of the meeting before it went into a closed-door session
that the bill was necessary to curb religious extremism and hate speech.
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He
told the CAN delegation that the government. had a duty to ensure that religious
violence no longer threatened the peace of the state, adding that the
government was committed to ensuring that religion was practiced in a safe and
secure climate.
CULLED FROM THE PUNCH.
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