El-Rufai vows to stop use of religion, ethnicity to cause disunity

Nasir el-Rufai

 

Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, on Tuesday expressed his administration’s readiness to stop people from using religion and ethnicity to cause disunity and confusion in the state.
The governor disclosed this while addressing the State Council of Chiefs and Emirs in at their quarterly meeting held in the state.
He 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.
“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. 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,” he 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.