Prominent Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Dr Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has said that Southern Kaduna crisis had lingered on for too long.
He said it had become necessary that concerned men and women of goodwill should join hands in the quest for solutions to the crises in the region.
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Dr Gumi, who is the co-chairman of Kaduna House Family set up to find a lasting solution to the crisis made the comment at the Southern Kaduna Stakeholder’s Dialogue On Promoting Social Cohesion and Peace Building in the state.
Sheikh Gumi said peace in southern Kaduna and other parts of the state would have positive effect on the rest of the country because virtually every ethnic group has people living in that part of the country.
Dr. Gumi noted that Nigerians were keenly watching developments in the area to see how the crises would be solved, believing that if success is achieved other parts of the country would learn from their experience to solve similar crises.
The scholar observed that government, leaders and others have been making efforts towards finding lasting solutions, and that the House of Kaduna Family will approach the crises holistically.
Members of the House of Kaduna Family comprise 22 respected Muslim and Christian leaders including Dr Ahmad Abubakar Gumi and Apostle Emmanuel Nuhu Kure (co-chairmen). Archbishop Buba Lamido, Bishop Timothy Yahaya, Rev. Prof. Moses Audi, Rev. Ishaya Adamu Jandogo, Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi, Rev. Barnabas Dodo, Arch. Bishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, Arch. Bishop Sunday Oga Idoko, Rev. Dr. Olatunbosun and Shola James and Mrs. Agatha Asabe Soji are also members.
Others are Sheikh Abdulkareem Hashim, Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, Malam Muhamamdu Kabir Alkasim, Mallam Tahir Baba Ibrahim, Mallam Yusuf Yakubu Alrigasiyyu, Sheikh Hamza Muhammad Lawal and Tukur Adam Almanna. Dr. Muhammadu Suleiman, Alhaji Mohammed Maruf Raji, Alhaji Sheriff Olutusin, Hajiya Fadila Musa complete the list
