The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has stated that Nigeria belongs to all citizens and no group or religion can claim supreme in the nation’s leadership positions.
His words were made known in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello, on Saturday.
The statement said the governor made the disclosure when he received the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Ayokunle Olasupo, who paid him a courtesy visit in Sokoto.
Tambuwal described leadership of the country as mutually complimentary as Nigeria belonged to every citizen, and no one would send anyone out of the country, hence the need to remain together for the betterment of the country.
The Governor also affirmed that no one, group of people, no matter their religious affiliation or tribe, could arrogate the leadership of Nigeria to themselves to the exclusion of other people of the country.
He maintained that the kind of leadership the country needed was one that would understand the issues of diversities and is inclusive in his approach to governance, without tribal or religious sentiments.
According to the governor, Islam and Christianity have been coexisting even before the union of the country came into existence.
Tambuwal also added that “those who know history said Christianity and Islam belong to the same root,” stressing that “Jerusalem and Damascus were examples of places where the two religions are being practiced side by side.
”There is need for us to continue practicing the teaching of the two religions as ordained by God.
“If we go by the real teachings of the two religions, there wouldn’t be friction or any reason to fight one another,” Tambuwal said.
