Tinubu to Northern Christians: My mission is to unite Nigeria

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja

President Bola Tinubu connected Saturday declared that helium has a ngo to unite Nigerians and assured Christian communities successful Northern Nigeria of his administration’s committedness to ensuring fairness among each religions successful the country.

President Tinubu gave the assurance during his gathering with immoderate Christian leaders astatine the Headquarters of COCIN Church successful Jos, Plateau State.

President Tinubu, successful a connection by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, was quoted arsenic saying, “I person a ngo to unite this state and guarantee its prosperity, and we are making progress.”

The President, portion paying tribute to the parent of the APC National Chairman, Nana Lydia Yilwatda, who died astatine the property of 83, said, “In our family, we person a beardown Muslim background, and I joined a Christian, a pastor for that matter, and I person ne'er forced her to alteration her religion.”

He urged the clergymen to person religion successful his administration. According to him, arsenic leaders, we person the work to negociate spiritual issues for the payment of all.

The President affirmed his administration’s committedness to tackling insecurity successful the country, particularly successful the combat against coercion and banditry.

‘We are defeating bandits, and we volition decision them. We volition woody with them and combat the farmers-herders clashes,’ the president said.

The president stated that his medication is revamping the system for the payment of each Nigerians.

President Tinubu described the precocious Nana Lydia Yilwatda arsenic a devoted parent during the ceremonial prayers.

“The past down this religion is rooted successful religion with heavy acceptance successful the Lord and tradition. I person been to Jos before. When we were coming here, Governor Caleb Muftwang showed maine 1 of the bungalows, the location of Ambassador Yahaya Kwande. During the SDP days, we met determination to determine the destiny of MKO Abiola.

“Today, I americium grateful that I americium alive, and to God beryllium the glory to beryllium the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to travel present to bid farewell to the parent of the assemblage and a humanitarian.”

The main mourner and APC National Chairman, Professor Nantawe Yilwatda, said his parent was a hard-working pistillate who lived connected medicine for 47 years.

“I americium present to convey God for her life. My parent worked for twenty-four hours contempt her wellness condition, supporting america and providing humanitarian assistance.

He thanked President Tinubu for his emergence arsenic APC president and promised to support the trust.

Reverend Dr Amos Mohzo, President and Spiritual Leader of the Church of Christ successful Nations (COCIN), who spoke connected behalf of the clergymen, thanked the President for his enactment of Northern Christians, particularly by appointing them to cardinal positions, specified arsenic Senator George Akume, who holds the station of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and Professor Nantawe Yilwatda, who is the National Chairman of APC, among others.

The COCIN President peculiarly thanked the President for his effect to the insecurity successful Plateau and Benue and urged the President to assistance victims of struggle successful Benue, arsenic good arsenic guarantee the harmless instrumentality of immoderate Christian communities who fled Borno and Adamawa to Cameroon arsenic a effect of insurgent attacks.

Mohzo assured the President of their unflinching enactment successful his administration’s determination to actualise the Renewed Hope Agenda.

The ceremonial supplication was attended by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, AbdulRazaq Abdulrahman; APC Governors; NSA Malam Nuhu Ribadu; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Youth Development Ayodele Olawande; Minister of State (Petroleum) Heineken Lokpobiri; Minister of Regional Development Abubakar Momoh; Special Duties Minister Zephaniah Jisalo;

Also contiguous were the SGF, George Akume, and his predecessor, Boss Mustapha, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile governors Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa, Adamu Mu’azu of Bauchi, Fidelis Tapgun of Plateau, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, and Rochas Okorocha of Imo.

Members of the APC National Working Committee, senators, members of the House of Representatives, erstwhile House Speaker Yakubu Dogara, and directors from the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs besides attended the funeral.

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