God has a purpose for making Nigeria one - Information Minister

Date: 2017-06-19

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has enjoined the adherents of the two major religions in Nigeria to imbibe the spirit of harmony and tolerance in order to strengthen the bond of unity across the country.

The Minister made the call in his hometown of Oro, Kwara State, at the 10th Lai Mohammed Ramadan Lecture Series.

"We have been living together peacefully and we will continue to live together peacefully. We have a lot to gain by being united," he said.

Mohammed advised Nigerians to borrow a leaf from the people of Oro who, despite their religious differences, have been co-existing peacefully, saying he had even held four editions of the annual lecture on the grounds of a Catholic school in the town.

The Minister warned those who are fanning the embers of discord through divisive words and hate speech, noting that war is an ill-wind that blows nobody any good.

"Like people say, wars are not really started by bullets, they are started by words of mouth. If there is war today, none of us will escape whether you are young or old, whether you are Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa," he said.

Mohammed cited an example of Rwanda, where hate speech fuelled the genocide that led to the loss of over 800,000 lives, with an unimaginable scale of destruction of property, in 1994.

The Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, urged Muslim faithfuls to be pious and prayerful during the Ramadan fast.

The Guest Lecturer, Ibrahim Gidado, underpinned his message on faithfulness and devotion in the month of Ramadan.

"How do you become faithful? It's by doing things in the way of Allah and not just doing things for show-off but for Allah to see and reward you," he said.

He advised the wealthy in the society to make it mandatory upon themselves to always assist the poor and the needy in order to cushion the effect of the recession in their social and economic lives.

The highpoint of the occasion were prayer sessions for President Muhammadu Buhari, Acting President Yemi Osun another and the peaceful co-existence of Nigerians.

Dignitaries from all walks of life, including traditional rulers, religious leaders, top government functionaries, women groups and students attended the 2017 Ramadan Lecture.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulkadir Orire     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Inside Kwara     Diagnostic Centre     Tunji Ajanaku     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Leke Ogungbe     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Galadiman Ngeri     Paul Odama     Malete     VADA     Radio Kwara     Okin Malt     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Yemi Osinbajo     Mahee Abdulkadir     Ahmed Bayero     CCB     George Innih     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Henry Olaosebikan     Bilikisu Oniyangi     SARS     Adesoye College     Oyawoye     Yaru     Kisra     Magaji Nda     Grillo     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Sanitation Exercise     Suwa-Arabs     Onilorin     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Musbau A. Akanji     Lafiagi     Tunde Akanbi     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Abubakar Atiku     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Kumbi Titilope     Igbaja     Modibo Kawu     Col. Adedipe     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Share     Unilorin     Yusuf Abubakar     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Olatunji Bamgbola     Amos Bajeh     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Durosinlohun Kawu     Wahab Abayawo     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     NTA Ilorin     IHS     Bahago     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Oladimeji Thompson     Nagode     All Peoples Party     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Police Commissioner     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Moshood Bakare     Afetu Of Alabe     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Babaita     Razak Atunwa     Moses Afolayan     NURTW     Abubakar Baba     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Gbugbu     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Alanamu     Overland     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Pategi     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Inside Kwara     George Innih     Egbewole     Sabi     Police Commissioner     Musa Aibinu     Ahmad Ali     Ijagbo Health Centre     Saliu Oluwole     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Sheriff Shagaya     Ibrahim Oniye     Habeeb Saidu     Modupe Oluwole     Elese Of Igbaja     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Aisha Buhari     Maryam Nurudeen     Jumoke Gafar     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     COEASU     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Dan Masanin     Shonga     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Garba Idris Ajia     Yaman     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Kisira     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Idi-Ape     Dan-Kazeem     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     HYPPADEC     N-Power     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ilesha-Gwanara     Yunus Lawal     Monsurat Omotosho     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Gbenga Olawepo     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Saka Abimbola Isau     Harrison Osauwagboe     Idris Amosa Saidu     Elewu     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Okanlawon Musa     Funmilayo Mohammed     Yoruba     BIR     Crystal Corner Shops     Malete     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Saliu Mustapha     Sadiq Umar     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Femi Agbaje     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Muhammadu Buhari     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Isiaka Oniwa     AGILE Programme