FCT minister, Tinubu task clerics on unity, corruption fight
Malam Muhammad Bello, Federal Capital Territory Minister, has charged Muslim clerics to continue to champion national unity, peace, progress and development.
Bello made the call at the 18th Extraordinary Dawrah (Forum) of 17 imams from South-South, South East and South West with the theme, Imams Unity for National Development, held on Saturday in Abuja.
Newsmen reports that the forum was organised by the Committee of FCT Imams Initiative (CFII), under the Chairmanship of Sheikh Tajudeen Adigun.
Represented by Malam Muhammad Bashir, the Director, Human Resources Management, the minister also enjoined imams to pray for peaceful conduct of the 2023 General Elections in the country.
” The Federal Capital Territory Administration welcome this type of forum and indeed it is going to assist the administration in driving the affairs of the territory and the country at large.
” Particularly as the the theme of forum aptly captured, It has come at a better time as the nation is approaching the 2023 General Elections
” The conference will add value to what the administration is doing to enhance national cohesion in the Federal Capital Territory.”
Also, the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, also said that very little can be achieved in a country without unity.
