Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, yesterday, said that God had already chosen who would be leader of the country in 2015.
Abubakar was speaking at the inauguration of Holy Mother and Child Clinic, constructed by the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, to enhance health care delivery in the state.
He said that all that was expected of Nigerians was to live in peace with one another, to enable government to fashion out developmental programmes for the well being of the people.
He also called on leaders to always have the fear of God while discharging their constitutional duties, saying that “we are going to account for our deeds before God.”
He called for responsible politics in 2015 to ensure free, fair and credible elections and emergence of good democratic leaders that would develop the nation forward.
He said that God had blessed the country with human and mineral resources for the benefit of citizens.
He said that since sickness did not recognise religion, the need for all to unite and fight all illnesses was paramount.
“Mosquitoes do not know religion. They go to the mosques on Fridays and Churches on Sundays to bite people, regardless of their religion. We must unite to fight our common enemy.
“We can be strong in this country if only we keep ourselves as brothers,” he said.
Earlier, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State had commended the cordial relationship between the Muslims and Christian communities in the state, adding that, that was possible through the mutual understanding between the two major religions.
He called on Nigerian leaders to accord equal attention to human capital and infrastructure development.
He said that although leaders were assessed by the number of roads and other infrastructure provided, governments should pay similar attention to human capital development from pregnancy.
He challenged elected leaders to give more attention to pregnant women to ensure smooth delivery of expected young Nigerians.
He observed that most programmes of government were not aimed at improving the condition of the poor.
“We hardly consider the poor in our programmes. There is the need to have an improved pro-poor programmes instead of such that only consider the middle and upper class of the people,” he said.
Uduaghan donated a new ambulance to the clinic.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, represented by Minister of State for Health, Haliru Alhassan, said that “maternal and child care were the cornerstone of health systems of all nations, adding that the Federal Ministry of Health would collaborate with the Diocese for the success of its programmes.Gov. Aliyu Wamakko commended Bishop Matthew Kukah for his efforts in bridging the gaps in development. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Abeg SULTAN God no dey get dealings with unholy people. My BIBLE tells me that God is holy and so his followers must be. SATAN is in charge of this Earth presently and this is why The CHRIST ask christians to pray "t your will be done on earth as it is in heaven"
ReplyDeleteNo BH, KIDNAPPERS, MILITANTS etc for heaven O!
Are we saying that God selected the previous leaders of the country including Abacha, Babangida, Obasanjo, Buhari, etc? I don't think so. They were all selected by Mr. Corruption. Let's leave God out of this and accept that our corrupt country is in trouble and will remain so until we repent from our known path of evil and corruption.
ReplyDeleteEl Matosky, please give honor to those who deserve it. Even in the BIBLE thou shall give respect to your Elders. For those who believe in CHRIST as their savior should always live by HIS teaching, not abuses. Worship you GOD and don't insulting other people religion, even if they worship IDOLS that is their business. Thank you and GOD Bless.
ReplyDeleteSultan go and deal with bk that your people created and be greatful that you are not yet carved out of nigeria and enjoying other people's oil money. What has your region ever done to progress nigeria. Your youths live in abject poverty and ignorance, prayed upon by the extremists in your mist. You have shocking misplaced priorities and you should be thanking GJ for still feeding you're uproductive people despite the insults
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