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.

Ilorin Durbar     Chief Imam Of Offa     Khairat Gwadabe     Issa Oloruntogun     Hassanat Bello     Aso-ofi     Noah Yusuf     Hamza Usman     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Benin Republic     Fatimat Saliu     Elewu     Opobiyi     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Emir Of Shonga     Azeez Salawu     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Ilorin South     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Abiodun Oyedepo     Vasolar Consultoria     Dankaka     Hamid Bobboyi     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Alao Ayotunde     Idi-Ape     Bayo Ojo     KwaraLearn     Mohammed Haruna     Rasheed Jimoh     Durbar     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Imam Gambari     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Onilorin     Simeon Ajibola     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Suleman Abubakar     Hassan A. Saliu     Tanke Road     Kwarareports.com     Mary Arinde     Saka Asiat Ayinke     ANCOPPS     Unilorin FM     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Fatimoh Lawal     CACOVID     Tsaragi-Share     Amosa     HICA     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Tunji Oyawoye     Doyin Group     Bola Olukoju     Pius Abioje     Ahmad Uthman     NYSC     Kulende-UITH     Moro     Erubu Oba Zubair     Olabode George Towoju     Saliu Oluwole     Amusement Park     Femi Oladiji     Oluwatoyin Lukman     ARMTI     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Oluranti Idowu     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Arik     Budo-Egba     Segun Adeniyi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Gbugbu International Market     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Rotimi Atere     Modupe Oluwole     Abubakar Suleiman     Adeola Abraham     BIR     Gabriel Fashanu     Oba Abdulraheem     Femi Ogunsola     Sodiya     Memunat Monsuma     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Kazeem Gbolagade     Ibrahim Gambari     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Hassanat Bello     Coronavirus     Samuel Adaramola     Student Learning Support Helpline     Awwal Jawondo     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     T And K FOODS     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Shettima Of Ilorin     Fulani     Valsolar Consultoria     Salihu Yahaya     Ubandawaki     March 18     Dele Belgore     Atunwa     Irepodun     John Dara     Christopher Odetunde     Ibrahim Jawondo     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     NURTW     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Ile Arugbo     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Rasaq Jimoh     UNIFEMGA     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Oye Tinuoye     Sanitation Exercise     Egbejila     Amasa     Hakeem Idris     Tunde Idiagbon Road     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Mohammed Halidu     Yakubu Danladi     Shonga     Bello Oyedepo     Durbar Festival     Busari Alabi Alausa     Isiaka Yusuf     Oyelere Oyinloye     Bolakale Ayo     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Hamidu Olowo     3MTT     Firdaos Amasa     Albert Ogunsola     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Share/Tsaragi     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Agboola Abdulraheem     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     COVID-19 Palliatives     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Hajj