GOVERNOR MUTFWANG RECEIVES MUSLIM UMMAH ON SALLAH HOMAGE, CALLS FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE
The Executive Governor of Plateau State, His Excellency, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has assured the Muslim community in the State of his administration's willingness to provide a leadership that will embrace everybody irrespective of ethnicity, faith and place of residence.
Governor Mutfwang stated this on Sunday when the Muslim Ummah in Plateau State led by the Emir of Wase, Alh. Mohammed Sambo II and Chairman, Jama'atu Nasir Islam (JNI) paid him the traditional Sallah homage at Old Government House, Jos.
The Governor said it is time for both Christians and Muslims in the State to find a common ground in order to foster peace and unity for the sake of development and progress of Plateau State.
He urged the Muslim Community to disregard all the misleading information being peddled around by enemies of progress that he will send out Muslims who are resident in the state.
Governor Mutfwang solicited the support of the Muslim community to his administration in its determination to build a new Plateau where Muslims would be able to embrace Christians in their communities while Christians can also protect and preserve Muslims in their communities.
He explained that throughout his life, he has maintained very cordial and mutual relationships with his friends who are both Muslims and Christians and urged people to channel their energy towards what will prosper the state and not divide it.
Governor Mutfwang appreciated the 14th Emir of Kano, Alh. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who was in the state for condolences but joined the Muslim Community for the Eid-El-Kabir visit, and described him as a great asset to Nigeria.
The 14th Emir of Kano, Alh. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi who was in Plateau for a condolence visit said it is time for both Muslims and Christians to work out a framework for peace and unity in not only Plateau State but Nigeria as a whole.
"The Niggeria in which we grew up was the one in which this ethnic and religious identity conflict were nonexistent. The best way for us to have inclusiveness is for us to think about everybody in terms of humanity.
"We have good and bad people; we have kind and wicked people; we have honest and dishonest people; and we need to identify and work with each other on the basis of shared values. The values of peace, the values of good neighborliness, the values of beliefs and each other personality and Jos used to be the centre of this in Nigeria," he stated.
The Emir of Kanam, Alh. Mohammed Mu'azu Muhammadu II, who spoke on behalf of the Muslim Community congratulated Governor Caleb Mutfwang on his election and inauguration and pledged support to his administration in its efforts to bequeath enduring legacies of development in the State.
Similarly, the Emir of Wase, Alh. Mohammed Sambo II and Chairman, Jama'atu Nasir Islam (JNI) who gave the vote of thanks, prayed God to restore peace in Bassa, Riyom, Barkin-Ladi and Mangu Local Government Areas, where there has been attacks in recent times leading to the loss of lives and property.
Top Government functionaries who received the Muslim Community included the Deputy Governor, Ngo Josephine Piyo, Deputy Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Fom Gwottson, Secretary to the Government of the State, Arc. Samuel Nanchang Jatau, Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Hon. Philimon Daffi, Head of Service, Barr. Rauta Dakok among others.
Gyang Bere
Director of Press and Public Affairs to Executive Governor of Plateau State
2nd July, 2023.
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