Nigeria is home to some of the most religious people across the globe. This is confirmed by the number of churches and mosques, found on almost every street, that get filled up on a weekly basis.
Despite being the most devout region in the world, according to the Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism, a growing number of people are beginning to identify as atheists.
In the past year, Atheist Alliance International reports that they have organised their first conference, started chapter groups, and are openly monitoring the government.
Atheist Society of Nigeria website is registered with the corporate affairs commission and have a mandate to promote a secular Nigeria where public policy, education and scientific enquiry will be founded on sound reason, rationality and evidence, and not influenced by religious beliefs. They provide a sense of community to all nonreligious and non-theistic Nigerians and work with state and non-state institutions to promote and protect the rights and interests of atheists, freethinkers and nonbelievers in the country.
Atheists Society of Nigeria celebrated the last Christmas. Atheists are not bad people. They are good people. They simply don’t believe in religious stories. They don’t hate religion.
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