Presidency says CAMA not targeted at churches as CAN writes Buhari

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Ita Enang, says provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA) were not targeted at churches or other religious bodies.

Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday during a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria, Enang said some politicians, especially those from the opposition, had given the Act an anti-religious view.

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“The president didn’t originate the law and had, at previous occasions, withheld assent when he was not convinced it was good enough for Nigeria.

“We want to declare as a fact, that the Act does not target churches or religious bodies as wrongly assumed.

“For illustration of this, I present a tabular form of the provisions of the 1990 ACT which came into force on January, 2nd 1990, which after more than 30 years of operation has now been repealed and replaced by CAMA 2020 hereunder are the comparative provisions in the two enactments to show particularly that the 2020 ACT assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari has not introduced any matter oppressive to the Christian community or any religion nor any matter discriminatory against any class of persons in Nigeria,” he said.

Meanwhile, the CAN, in a letter signed by its President Samson Ayokunle, and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, demanded that implementation of the CAMA be suspended.