By Lola SERIKI- IDAHOSA, Kaduna Kaduna State governor,Malam Nasir el-Rufai,on Tuesday declared that
Nigerians must stop those using religion and ethnicity to cause
disunity and confusion.
Addressing Kaduna State Council of Chiefs and Emirs in Kaduna at their
quarterly meeting, el-Rufai explained that the rationale behind the
Religious Bill is central to security, peace and allowing everybody to
practice his or her faiths without any challenge.
The governor said his administration will continue to ensure peace
and purposeful integration as a collective resolution.
el-Rufai appealed to traditional rulers to preach peace to their
subjects for development adding that human life is sacred and
government will do its best protect lives and properties.
According to him, “People are using religion and ethnicity to divide people
to achieve political and several interests. We must work hard and
ensure that forces of disunity and confusion fail, we must continue to
stand up and nip in the bud all attempts to divide Nigerians along
ethnic and religious lines. The human life is sacred and as a
government we must do our best to protect lives and properties”
el-Rufai added: “The rationale behind the Religious Bill is central to
security, peace and allowing everybody to practice his or her faiths
without any challenge. It has nothing to do with stopping anyone from
his or faith but purely for security and peace of the state and
nothing more than that.I have said it and will continue to preach it,
we have more to gain with peace and nothing to gain with violence.
This is our collective resolution and we will continue to ensure peace
and purposeful integration.I am here to commend you and to urge you to
continue on that path”
“The proposed amendment of religious bill before the State House of
Assembly has nothing with stopping anybody from practicing his or her
religion, whether as a Christian or a Muslim. We are calling on the
people to be on alert in order not to fail in their hands of people
trying to divide the people along religion and ethnicity to cause
problem. Those people trying to divide our people for their selfish
interest should desist.If you are a Christian you must respect your
fellow Muslim brother and if you are a Muslim you must respect your
fellow Christian brother too. Violent will not take us nowhere in the
state”el-Rufai said.
On his part,deputy chairman Kaduna State Council of Chiefs and Emirs
and Chief of Kagoro, Ufuwai Bonet,said they would continue to sustain
peace in their domains : “We thank the governor for this meeting.We
will continue to preach peace to our people. We assure you of our
loyalty”
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