Religious Unity: Clerics Urge Northern Governors to emulate Gov Sani

Some Muslim clerics have called on Northern governors to emulate Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, in promoting religious tolerance in their states.

The clerics emphasized the need for Northern leaders, especially the governors, to find ways for the region’s religions to coexist peacefully, as they have historically done.

They gathered in Kaduna at an event to express their satisfaction with Governor Sani’s policies promoting religious unity and harmony among residents, regardless of their sect affiliations through the Bureau for Interfaith.

Shaikh Haruna Rashid Munji, one of the Imams at Dantata Mosque in Abuja, emphasized the importance of state governors emulating Kaduna by taking the recommendations forward and ensuring religious unity in Northern states.

“No leader or governor would want to see a crisis in their domain. This is why we urge the 19 Northern governors to organize similar conferences that promote religious tolerance and unity, just as Governor Uba Sani and the DG of the Bureau for Interfaith, Barrister Tahir Tahir, did through the recently concluded conference,” he said.

He also commended the organizers of the conference for bringing together religious leaders from all sects within Islam.

Similarly, Shaikh Gwani Idris Suleiman Maizube, chairman of the Tsangaya Clerics in the State, commended Governor Uba Sani for hosting the Regional Conference on climate change-induced conflicts in Northern Nigeria through the Bureau of Interfaith which brought together Muslims and Christians.

According to the scholar, such gatherings will no doubt help address some of the major conflicts in the region.

He added that the conference would also unite religious groups and sects across the North and, by extension, the country.

“There are lessons to learn from such a conference, especially given the caliber of people who attended, including the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, and the CAN President, among others.”

“Conferences like this, under the Bureau for Religious Affairs, deserve further government support to enable them to achieve their mandate of promoting peace, unity, and harmony in the state,” he said