Izwe elinabantu abaningi e-Afrika, iNigeria, libhekene nezinkinga ngasikhathi sinye kulo nyaka, ezigqanyiswe ezigamekweni zakamuva zokuhlaselwa ngodlame enyakatho nezwe, kanti uMkhandlu Wamasonto Womhlaba uzwakalise ukushaqeka ngokucekelwa phansi kwempilo okwenzekayo.
I-Executive Committee ye-WCC, engqungqutheleni ye-video ngoJulayi 20-24, yathatha “isaziso esikhethekile” ngezimo ezimbalwa zokukhathazeka ezethulwa ekunakekeleni kwalo eNigeria.
“Ukuhlasela okunobudlova kwamuva nje enyakatho yeNigeria sekuphinde kwabulala abantu abaningi, kwacekela phansi impahla eningi futhi kwaphumela ekubeni abantu nemiphakathi ethintekile ifuduke,” kusho i-WCC.
“Imiphakathi yamaKristu nabaholi bamasonto baye baba phakathi kwalabo abathintwe kabi ukuhlaselwa okunjalo,” kusho lo myalezo.
Lokhu kudale ukungavikeleki okukhulayo enyakatho-ntshonalanga yezwe okwandisa izinselelo ezibangelwa udlame olunesikhathi eside lwama-Islamist enyakatho-mpumalanga.
INigeria inabantu abalinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-214 okukholakala ukuthi cishe ingxenye yabo bangamaKrestu kanye namaSulumane angaphezu kwengxenye.
I-WCC ithe ukuhlasela kwakamuva kanye nokungavikeleki kuthinte ikakhulukazi izifundazwe zaseBorno, Adamawa, Taraba, Plateau, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara kanye neSokoto.
"Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukwanda okushaqisayo kokungavikeleki kokudla kanye nodlame olusekelwe ebulilini kuhambisane nobhubhane lwe-coronavirus, nokuholele ekutheni kube nezinguquko kwezomthetho nezenhlalo," kusho umkhandlu.
UMTHELELA WE-COVID-19
Imithelela yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 nayo izwakala ngokujulile emkhakheni wezomnotho, onesibalo esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika. umnotho.
Izikhulu ezibhekele ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lokuvuselela umnotho waseNigeria zilinganisela ukuthi abantu abayizigidi ezingama-39.4 bangase bangasebenzi ekupheleni kuka-2020 ngaphandle kokungenelela okukhulu kukahulumeni nokusekelwa.
"Ukuvalwa kwakamuva okubekwe kwezinye izifundazwe ukunciphisa ukubhebhetheka kwaleli gciwane kuphinde kwandise inkinga yesikhathi eside yodlame locansi nobulili eNigeria," kusho i-WCC.
Ibalule ukwanda okukhulu emacaleni odlame olufana nalolu okwenze ababusi abangu-36 bamemezele isimo esiphuthumayo mayelana nokudlwengulwa nokuhlaselwa kwabesifazane nezingane ezweni.
Isikhulu samaphoyisa eNigeria sibike ukuthi kudlwengulwe abantu abangu-717 kuzwelonke phakathi kukaJanuwari noMeyi nonyaka, okulingana nokudlwengulwa okukodwa njalo ngamahora amahlanu.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, imiphumela yocwaningo lwango-2019 iphakamisa ukuthi intombazane eyodwa kwezintathu zaseNigeria kungenzeka ibe nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi lapho ifinyelela eminyakeni engama-25.
“Nokho, isibalo sokushushiswa ngempumelelo kwabasolwa ngokudlwengula sisalokhu siphansi futhi ukucwaswa kuvame ukuvimbela izisulu ekubikeni izehlakalo,” kusho isitatimende seWCC.
Ikomidi eliphezulu laphawula ukusebenzelana okukhulu kwamasonto nezinkolo lapho futhi “lizwakalisa ubumbano olujulile nemikhuleko yamabandla aseNigeria emizamweni yawo yokusabela kulezo zinhlekelele eziningi [futhi] ligubha izimpawu zethemba ezinikezwa amasonto nabalingani bawo izinhlelo.”
Isitatimende se-WCC siphawule ukwanda kokubambisana kwezinkolo ezihlukene ukuze kube nokuthula - okuhlanganisa ne-Nigeria Inter-Religious Council.
Lokhu kubonakala ekusungulweni kwe-International Centre for Interfaith Peace and Harmony (ICIPH) e-Kaduna, esekelwe yi-WCC kanye ne-Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought (RABIIT).
I-WCC ithe lesi sikhungo siyisizinda sokubambisana phakathi kwamaKristu aseNigeria namaSulumane ngenhloso yokugqugquzela ukuthula nokuzwana phakathi kwabantu bezinkolo ezahlukene.
