THE Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola SAN has said that religion should leave the public space and return to private homes and religious centres.
The former Governor of Lagos State said this on Sunday, July 24, 2022, while fielding questions on a live TV Interview bothering on issues surrounding the controversial APC Muslim-Muslim ticket.
“There is too much religion in our public life. No nation has survived by volarising religion. It is a private thing. Praying in the public and all that, I think we should just stop them and get down to the real business," he said.
Fashola while giving his stance on the Muslim-Muslim ticket also explained that in this current administration, both Christians and Muslims are being killed.
“There has been a Christian Vice-President under a Muslim President, sadly people were killed in a church, the same way Muslims have been murdered. Neither the President nor the Vice President love those things to happen. It has very little to do with our faith,” he added.
Fashola also faulted the arguments of those raising complaints over the APC's same-faith presidential ticket, wondering what their fears may be. He, however, urged Nigerians to leave religion where it belongs, affirming that religion has no place in the public space.
