A Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, has said politics should not be about bitterness.
Rahman made the remark while reacting to Tinubu’s meeting with the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Tinubu had met with Atiku at the National Mosque in company with the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Abdullah Ganduje and Chairman of PDP’s governors Forum, Mohammed Bala.
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Also present were Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, and former APC National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff.
Disclosing the meeting, Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said “President Tinubu meets old friend and political opponent Atiku Abubakar at the National Mosque.
“It was at the Jumat and wedding of the daughter of Senator Danjuma Goje.”
Commenting about the meeting on his X page, Rahman: “President Tinubu meets former VP Atiku, his main opponent in the last presidential election. Politics should be devoid of bitterness.
A bill seeking to make Sharia law not just a personal matter in the constitution has been rejected in the House of Representatives.
The bill seeks to amend sections 24, 262 and 277 of the Constitution by removing “personal” in the application of Sharia law.
The sponsor of the bill, Aliyu Missau, said commercial entities find it difficult to operate, noting that the constitution did not envisage entities like Jaiz and Taj banks.
However, many lawmakers interpreted the move as an attempt to broaden the scope of Shariah law, which is often limited to marriage, inheritance and other personal issues.
Bamidele Salam, a lawmaker from Osun State, said the bill should be rejected because it has the potential to derail the freedom enjoyed by all religions in Nigeria.
“We must be careful with any changes to the Constitution that could further widen divisions in Nigeria. In any case, the matters my colleague seeks to address are already covered by existing laws,” he said.
Similarly, Awaji-Inombek Abiante said the bill should be stepped down because of the danger it holds.
