Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday said Nigerians must stop using religion and ethnicity to cause disunity and confusion.
Addressing Kaduna State Council of Chiefs and Emirs in Kaduna at their quarterly meeting, El-Rufa’i explained that the rationale behind the Religious Bill is central to security, peace and allowing everybody to practice his or her faith 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 among their subjects for development, adding that human life is sacred and government will do its best to protect lives and property.
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-Rufa’i added that, “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 brothers too. Violent will not take us nowhere in the state”. El-Rufai said.
On his part, Deputy Chairman Kaduna State Council of Chiefs and Emir 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”. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Talk to ur northern brothers, fulani cow men (hardsmen), and the 1ce attacking churches on Fridays. No plenty talk.
ReplyDeleteThis man could kindly take the next bus to hell for all I care, Your plans and agenda against the will of God for Kaduna state will never materialise. You can only succeed in deceiving those you pay. But just incase, you just know that our kneels are still on the ground, and as the heavens still remains, the GOSPEL can never be erased from kaduna. Many have tried it, and many would still try it, but as long as God still exist, he would surely frustrate your efforts.
ReplyDeleteU are no1 religious bigot. U marked 40 churches 4 destruction and mosque lol pls if u have noting 2 sayjust shut ur dirty stinking stench od urine mouth. Oloriburuku.
ReplyDeleteHe is just deceiving himself.talk as if he real.we cannot be deceived.
ReplyDeleteIf there is any body using religion to destabilize this country and KD in particular is elrufai and Buhari his Oga.so stop this hypocrisy.