Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), led by its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’advert Abubakar has felicitated the management of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and all the Christian neighborhood in Nigeria on the event of the Association’s fiftieth anniversary.
In an announcement y by its Secretary-General, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, NSCIA stated it regarded the fiftieth anniversary of CAN as a major milestone not solely for the Christian neighborhood but additionally for the Nigerian nation.
The Council famous that whereas the nation had
transited by varied challenges and troublesome moments, spiritual leaders and establishments had continued to play essential position in selling peace, dialogue, mutual understanding and peaceable coexistence among the many various peoples and religion communities of the nation.
The NSCIA maintained that it recognised the significance of the connection between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria,
noting that the 2 communities constituted the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian inhabitants and shared a standard duty to advertise peace, entrench justice, advance safety, contribute to accountable citizenship and the event of the nation.
“The challenges confronting our nation, particularly injustice, insecurity, poverty, unemployment, social inequality and the need for accountable and responsive governance, require the collective efforts of all Nigerians.
“It is in this regard that the NSCIA attaches great importance to sustained inter-faith dialogue and cooperation. The Council particularly appreciates the platforms that have enabled leaders of the two faith communities to engage constructively on issues affecting the peace, unity and development of Nigeria, including the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC),” NSCIA stated.
It described the fiftieth anniversary of CAN as a possibility to mirror on the duty of non secular management in strengthening nationwide unity and selling peaceable coexistence.
The Council harassed that it believed that spiritual variations ought to by no means be allowed to turn out to be sources of division, hatred or violence, noting that respective faiths ought to proceed to encourage the nation in direction of justice, compassion, peaceable coexistence and repair to humanity.
NSCIA congratulated the President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, the National Executive Committee (NEC), the varied Christian denominations and associations below its umbrella in addition to Christians throughout the 36 states of the federation and the FCT on the
golden milestone and wished the affiliation better knowledge within the discharge of its onerous nationwide and sacred duties.
