The Lagos State Government has announced
plans to engage some religious leaders, including pastors and imams,
and place them on a salary structure.
This is a way of carrying out reorientation of the citizenry to shun corruption and immorality.
The
development was made public by the Lagos State commissioner for home
affairs, Abdulhakeem Abdulateef, during a sensitization programme for
imams and scholars across the state, on Thursday, July 26, Daily Trust
reports.
The commissioner disclosed that the state government
would continue to interact with religious leaders, and tasked them to be
above board and encourage their followers to shun corruption.
He
said: “We shall be willing to even engage many of them by making
provision for their salaries so that they can assist government to
re-orientate the people for good.
“Imams and Pastors are believed
to be men of God. So we need all of you to help us to encourage the
right values in the society; particularly in the area of accountability
and anti-corruption.
“We must remember that the Almighty Allah
will ask all of us to render account of our deeds in the hereafter. So,
the Imams and other religious clerics should lead us in the right
direction because they are our leaders.
