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• Urges Tinubu to withhold assent, return legislation for wider consultation
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Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has rejected the proposed Federal Road Safety Corps (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to prohibit preaching and hawking in commercial buses, describing the legislation as an infringement on citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of expression and religion.
The Christian body also stated that the proposed ban unfairly targeted Christians, who were widely known to evangelise in public buses.
PFN urged President Bola Tinubu to decline assent to the bill and return it for broader public consultation.
Speaking at a press conference after the PFN National Executive Meeting in Lagos, the Fellowship’s National Secretary, Bishop David Bakare, said although the organisation supported efforts by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to improve road safety,…
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