CBN over Arabic inscription

By Nwafor Sunday

Since the introduction of naira in 1973, no Nigerian has ever criticized the inscription of maty bracelet argent enfant Arabic language on naira notes except in 2020, when Malcolm Omirhobo, lawyer and Human Rights activist, Thursday queried and allegedly sued the federal government, Attorney General of the federation and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to a federal high court over bracelet argent motif infini the emblazoned inscription on the Nigerian Army’s logo.

He seeks to know whether the interpretation of Sections 10 and 55 of the 1999 ouroboros bracelet argent Constitution, it’s lawful and constitutional for the defendants to permit the Naira bracelet homme ceramique blanc notes to bracelet homme acier gravure be adorned with Arabic inscriptions.

Malcolm is equally seeking a court interpretation whether by the true letter and spirit of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, Nigeria is a secular state without any official religion.

He therefore wants the court to declare that it is illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional to allow the Nigerian Army logo to be adorned, and inscribed in Arabic bracelet argent gemmes language, instead bracelet argent fin coeur of the official English language or Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo which are the three main languages or ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Reacting, ex president Goodluck Jonathan’s media aide, Pastor Reno Omkri, Sunday described Malcolm’s action as silly, noting that it would have been better if he had sued the Federal Government for breaching the Federal Character provisions, than for allowing Arabic on our currency and other national emblems.

Reno averred that his case would have made lots of sense if the Arabic inscriptions were conveying an Islamic message.

His words, Much ado about Arabic on Naira Notes bracelet argent mauboussin and Nigerian Army Flag

“Recently, a lawyer sued the Federal Government on the issue of Arabic inscriptions on bracelet homme mandala our currency and on the Nigerian Army’s logo.

“The fellow, Malcolm Omirhobo, bracelet argent peridot wants the Federal High Court to declare as “illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional to allow the Nigerian Army logo to be adorned, and inscribed in Arabic language, instead of the official English language or Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo which are the three main languages or ethnic groups in Nigeria.”

Why the adornment of bracelet homme liege Arabic inscription on the Naira notes and on the Nigerian Army Logo when the official language of Nigeria is English and in special circumstances Hausa,Igbo and Yoruba.

When Arabiic is not a bracelet argent femme poignet language of any of the indigenous peoples of Nigeria . Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo are all spoken languages. None of them are written languages, although there does exist some limited form of writing among a few Nigerian tribes.

“The Hausa people adapted Arabic into the ajami script, and the Igbo have an ancient pictogram writing style called Nsibidi that is entirely indigenous to them and was developed without any outside influence. But both these scripts are insufficient for modern writing, except they are developed, and we have yet to develop them.

“Now, both Arabic and Roman scripts are foreign to Nigeria. We must understand that Arabic does not mean Muslim, and Roman does not mean Christian. To, therefore, go to court bracelet argent indien femme to seek an order rejecting Arabic on our Naira notes and on any of our national emblems is actually bracelet argent trefle vert silly. You might as well ask the courts also to outlaw Roman script.

“There are Arabian Christians who have bracelet homme porsche used the Arabic script since before Islam even existed. Waraka ibn Nawfal, the man that prophet Mohammed went to after he had his revelation, was a Christian priest, and he taught and wrote Scripture in Arabic.

“Mr. Omirhobo’s case would only make sense if the inscriptions were an Arabic script conveying an Islamic message, but thank God that it is certainly not the case.

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“The Arabic Script on Naira notes has nothing to do with Islam. They only indicate the denomination of the Naira note in question. And the Arabic script on the Nigerian Army’s logo represents their motto. It does not carry an Islamic message.

“So, why do we have Arabic scripts on our currency and on the emblems of some of our national institutions There is a very simple reason for this and it is not sinister.

“There are people in Northern Nigeria (my father worked almost all his life in the Northwest) who we in the South call illiterate, but who are actually very learned in Arabic or Ajami. They cannot read and write English, but they can read and write Arabic or Ajami. Some of them do not even reckon with the Gregorian Calendar. They are fully detached from English and other vestiges of colonialism.

“Has Mr. Omirhobo ever bracelet argent femme simple sat down to consider the great advantage Christians have over Muslims in everyday life in Nigeria The five day work week that starts on Monday and ends on Friday favours bracelet argent turquoises Christians. In bracelet argent pour maman Muslim nations, their five day week starts from Sunday and ends bracelet argent boule histoire d’or on Thursday, so that Muslims can go to the Mosque on Friday. Should Muslims now go to court to compel the bracelet argent torque Federal Government to make Friday a work free day Let us be considerate. We do not want the North to bracelet argent sous douche dominate the South, but we should also not obfuscate the North. What Nigeria needs is equality, as well as equity.

“Yes, I agree that General Buhari is Northernising the Federal Government bracelet argent ethnique homme by contravening the Federal Character Principle, which is enshrined in our constitution. The heads of the Executive, bracelet argent clou Legislature and Judiciary, are Northern Muslim men, as are the heads of the NPF, NSA, DSS, NIA, DMI, DIA, NPS, NCS, NIS, and EFCC.

“The heads of parastatals, departments and agencies are also overwhelmingly from the North, and specifically from the Northwest, and even more specifically, from the Kano Katsina axis.

“It makes much more sense for Mr. Omirhobo to sue the Federal Government for breaching the Federal Character provisions, than for allowing bracelet homme cube Arabic on our currency and other national emblems.

“The use of European alphabets in Nigeria is less than 200 years old. The use of Arabic is almost 500 years old (starting with the Kanem Bornu empire). If any of these scripts is closer to our culture, it would be ajami…