KANO, Nigeria — Without discussion or compensation, the Kano state government in Nigeria has unilaterally decided to demolish four churches in the city of Kano to make way for roads and a hospital.
Two Pentecostal churches and two churches belonging to the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) will be demolished under the northern Nigerian city’s plan. Pastor Murtala Marti Dangora, secretary of the Kano state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, said the road and hospital construction are a guise for demolishing the churches.
“The government has refused to discuss with us about the fate of these churches,” Dangora said.
He added that during re-election campaigning earlier this year, Kano Gov. Malam Ibrahim Shekarau promised Muslims in the Ginginya area that he would demolish an ECWA church there in order to build a hospital.
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