Tinubu preaches peace, religious tolerance at burial of APC Chairman’s mother

By Marie-Therese Nanlong

President Bola Tinubu has called connected Nigerians, peculiarly citizens of Plateau State, to clasp bid and spiritual tolerance, urging them to unrecorded unneurotic successful communal respect and harmony.

The President made the entreaty astatine the play during the ceremonial work of the precocious Nana Lydia Yilwatda, parent of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, held astatine the Church of Christ successful Nations (COCIN) Headquarters successful Jos. Addressing the congregation, President Tinubu said Nigeria’s unity depends connected communal knowing and peaceful coexistence among its divers taste and spiritual groups, emphasized that “hate is not an option,” and cited his ain household arsenic an illustration of spiritual tolerance and love.

“I inherited Islam, and my woman is simply a pastor. She prays for me, and I person ne'er tried to person her. We should emotion 1 different due to the fact that we are serving 1 God,” the President stated.

He commended the precocious Nana Lydia for her exemplary beingness of faith, peace, and work to humanity, describing her arsenic “a parent who raised her children successful the fearfulness of God.”

In his sermon, Rev. Mudimka Seri, who drew his substance from Ecclesiastes 3:1–2, 9–12 and spoke connected the taxable “Time,” reminded citizens, politicians, and clerics that clip is simply a divine assets and should beryllium utilized wisely successful work to God and humanity.

The APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, expressed gratitude to each who came to place with his family, recalling his mother’s sacrifices and resilience. “My parent was a beardown and determined pistillate who defied wellness challenges to guarantee that we received the champion education. She urged maine to support the spot the President has successful me,” helium said.

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, successful his remarks, thanked President Tinubu for honouring the State with his beingness contempt his choky schedule.

He praised the First Family for their accordant enactment to Plateau and called connected the President to revisit the State soon to witnesser ongoing projects aligned with his Renewed Hope Agenda.

“Our medication is transforming agriculture and different sectors. The Tin City buses are conscionable the extremity of the iceberg. However, we proceed to grapple with insecurity and question your continued enactment to flooded it,” the Governor appealed.

Speaking connected behalf of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State described the precocious Nana Lydia arsenic a devoted woman and loving parent who lived a beingness worthy of emulation, and prayed for the repose of her soul.

Dignitaries contiguous astatine the ceremonial included the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief of Staff to the President, respective erstwhile and serving Governors, erstwhile and serving Ministers, erstwhile and serving Deputy Governors, erstwhile and serving Members of the National, and States Assemblies, among others.

The precocious Nana Lydia Yilwatda was aboriginal laid to remainder astatine Dungung, Ampang East successful Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State.

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