Many states now want to replicate our religious bill, they’ve asked for our copy – El-Rufai

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State made the disclosure yesterday while interacting with some journalists.

He said the proposed law was sent to the state House of Assembly since October 15, 2015 and was not a new bill as being speculated.

His words: “It was first enacted in 1984 during the term of Air Vice Marshal Usman Mua’zu (retd) after the Maitsine uprising in 1982. The then military junta saw the need to regulate preaching in some states in the North. Many states are ready to do similar thing now. They have asked for the copy of our bill.”