NEPC asks Muslims to forgive Shettima

Coordinator General of North East Progressive Coalition (NEPC), Muhammed Konto Mafa, has called on the Muslim Ummah to accept the apology of Vice President Kashim Shettima over his comment on preference for a Christian to emerge as Senate President.

It could be recalled that in the build-up to the election of the leaders of the 10th National Assembly, the VP during a meeting with some lawmakers said, “Under the current dispensation, the worst incompetent southern Christian is better than the most puritanical northern Muslim for the presidency of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria “.

This comment did not sit well with some Muslims in the country.

It was to quell the fuss generated by the comment that Shettima tendered a public apology for his misconstrued statement.

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“Due to his humility, maturity and leadership qualities, vice president Kashim Shettima tendered a public apology on his misconstrued statement, he did that not because he was totally wrong but because of his humility, maturity and leadership qualities. He did that because he values humanity and respect public opinion.

 “Nigerians and indeed the North, particularly, should understand that the Vice President is a man of great honour and will not do anything against the people. As we are all humans, we should consider the better side of the Vice President. To err is human; to forgive is divine,” Mafa said in a statement.