Jos, 05 December, 2024 / 12:28 pm (ACI Africa).
Catholic activists under their umbrella organization, CitizenGO Africa, are calling upon Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dismiss the country’s health ministers, Dr. Mukhtar Yawale Muhammad and Dr. Osagie Ehanire, for teaming up with abortion-promoting organizations in the West African country.
In their Monday, December 2 petition, the activists accuse the ministers of collaborating with international organizations promoting abortion, a situation they say undermines Nigeria’s pro-life stance and moral foundation.
“We demand that President Tinubu take immediate action to fire Dr. Mukhtar Yawale Muhammad and Dr. Osagie Ehanire,” they said, and added, “These ministers have aligned themselves with an agenda that seeks to strip Nigeria of its pro-life identity, prioritizing foreign interests over the lives of Nigerian children.”
The Catholic activists criticized the health ministers for failing to uphold their constitutional and ethical responsibilities to protect life, saying, “By collaborating with abortion-promoting organizations, Dr. Muhammad and Dr. Ehanire have betrayed their duty and proven themselves unfit to lead.”
In the petition addressed to President Tinubu, the activists alleged that through the ministers' collaboration with abortion-promoting organizations, the Department for Health Promotion was working to legalize abortion, a move they described as a direct threat to the lives of unborn children and the nation’s values.
