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The Nigerian Inter-Religious Council has called on all parties with genuine complaints against the passage of the Companies and Allied Matter Act (2020) to approach the court or the National Assembly for review.
NIREC is the organisation of Christians and Muslims co-chaired by Rev. Samson Ayokunle, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria; and Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
While expressing concern over the controversy surrounding CAMA 2020, the organisation said it was aware that “CAMA is 30 years old before the passage of the CAMA 2020.
The position of NIREC was contained in a statement by its Executive Secretary, Fr. Prof. Cornelius Omonokhua, in Abuja on Monday.
He said, “One of the beauties of democracy is that citizens have their representatives in the legislature. Apart from the representatives, sponsorship of private bills is allowed. NIREC advises all well-meaning individuals or groups with genuine complaints to approach the court or the National Assembly to avoid generating unnecessary bad blood and acrimony.
“All those aggrieved by the passage of the CAMA 2020 should therefore resort to the legislative process by proposing either an amendment or repeal of the CAMA 2020. It will then be left for the National Assembly to consider such bills in their own merit.”
NIREC called on the National Assembly to listen objectively to the reactions of the citizens on CAMA, adding that the citizens should be law abiding.
The PUNCH