The Christian Community on Campus (CCC), Kaduna State University (KASU), has called for the state government intervention over the demolition of its worship chapel under construction, in the interest of peace.
The Christian community made the call in a statement, jointly signed by its coordinator, Ishaya Auta, and secretary, Emmanuel Monday, and made available to journalists in Kaduna on Monday.
The CCC expressed displeasure that in the 17 years of existence of the university, the large Christian community does not have a place of worship, while the Muslim community has five mosques.
They explained that the university’s governing council had, in its 49th meeting on April 14, 2014, allocated and approved a space of land for the Christian community to build a worship chapel.
They said that after securing permission from the university’s Directorate of Physical Planning and Development to commence construction in 2016, they mobilised to the site only to be directed to halt the construction.
The community added that in 2020, the university allocated another land to construct the worship centre, which they accepted and mobilised to the site in 2021, but again they were asked to stop work.
