Daily Trust (Abuja)  20 January 2013  Nigeria: To Ban JNI and
CAN?  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi created another controversy last Monday when he
called for the banning of major regional and religious
organisations that he believes have impeded national unity and
heightened insecurity in the country.  Speaking at a dinner
organised by the Northern Reawakening Forum (NRF) in Abuja,
Sanusi said groups such as the Jama'atu Nasril Islam [JNI],
Christian Association of Nigeria [CAN], Arewa Consultative Forum
[ACF], Egbe Afenifere and Ohaneze Ndi'Igbo are no longer
religious or cultural in nature but are political associations
masquerading as socio-cultural or religious organisations. He
reportedly said, "These religious organisations, the Arewa,
Afenifere, including Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and CAN should
be banned because they are not religious organisations, they are
not culture organisations, they are political associations under
the guise of religious organisations."  He