Governor Mukhtar Yero
of Kaduna State on Wednesday said for peace to reign supreme in the country,
there was the need for attitudinal change among Nigerians.
The governor stated
this just as a former Nigerian Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim
Commassie stressed the need for religious tolerance among Nigerians.
This way, Commassie,
who is also Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum said there would be peace,
not only in the north, but the entire country.
Yero while speaking at
a two-day National Interfaith Dialogue organized by the Institute for Peace and
Conflict Resolution with support from the United Nations Development Program,
in Kaduna on Wednesday, said Nigerians should realize that religion is personal
and not a tool for causing unrest.
According to the
governor, what is needed at this period of security challenges in the country
was a complete attitudinal change among Nigerians.
This, the governor
noted would ensure peace in the country, adding that religion must not be used
under any guise to create crisis.
He decried what he described
as “talk show” associated with Nigeria quest for peace, charging the organizers
of the event to ensure that the process of making peace was taken to the
grassroots for the desired effect.
He also appealed to
religious leaders to ensured that they anchored their preachings on truth.
He blamed the Nigerian
elite, especially politicians for frustrating peace efforts in the country.
On his part, CAN’s
Secretary-General, Rev. Musa Asake called for geniue dialogue anchored with
truth and honesty among all relevant stakeholders, noting that a nation as big
as Nigeria could not afford to grow without peace.
No comments:
Post a Comment