Aisha Yesufu
The Convener of Bring Back Our Girls Group, Aisha Yesufu, has
criticized the federal government of Nigeria for announcing public
holiday to celebrate this year’s Eid-El-Maulud.The BBOG convener described the holiday as wasteful and an act of competitive religiousity
Aisha urged the Buhari administration to focus on helping Nigerians than otherwise.
In her tweets, she wrote “Nigeria and our need for wasteful holidays. Which one is public holiday for Maulud? When did we start celebrating Maulud?
“When do we stop all this “competitive religiosity” and focus on doing good for humanity?
“The first Maulud to be a public holiday in Nigeria was
declared for Monday, 9 March 2009 by Godwin Abbe, then minister of
interior under Yar’Adua’s administration.”
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