{"id":179046,"date":"2025-09-16T08:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:43:03","slug":"igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval","title":{"rendered":"Igbo Imam Supports Gov Bago on Sermon Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Haroun Eze, has thrown his weight behind Governor Umar Bago of Niger State on submission of sermons to the government for vetting.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on \u2018Prime Time\u2019, a programme on Arise Television on Monday, the first Igbo Imam of the National Mosque said regulating preaching in the state was a welcome development.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Bago had ordered that preachers in the state must first submit their sermons for approval before relaying to their congregation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Niger state government is interested in what is coming from religious leaders to the populace in addressing the social, economic, and security issues we have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligious leadership should be seen to work hand in hand in terms of promoting good governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the Imam, Pastor or the Reverend is doing is dishing out information and materials to shape the mind and character of the citizenry and that should crystallize into better citizens, governance, relationship and having peace within one another,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Haroun Eze, has thrown his weight behind Governor Umar Bago of Niger State on submission of sermons to the government for vetting. Speaking on \u2018Prime Time\u2019, a programme on Arise Television on Monday, the first Igbo Imam of the National Mosque said regulating preaching in the state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[8263,254],"class_list":["post-179046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bago","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Igbo Imam Supports Gov Bago on Sermon Approval - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Haroun Eze, has thrown his weight behind Governor Umar Bago of Niger State on submission ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Igbo Imam Supports Gov Bago on Sermon Approval\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Haroun Eze, has thrown his weight behind Governor Umar Bago of Niger State on submission ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T07:39:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T08:43:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757999767.398027.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Igbo Imam Supports Gov Bago on Sermon Approval\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-16T07:39:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-16T08:43:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval\"},\"wordCount\":180,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757999767.398027.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bago\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbo-imam-supports-gov-bago-on-sermon-approval\",\"name\":\"Igbo Imam Supports Gov Bago on Sermon Approval - 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