The Etsu Nupe and chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar has called on Nigerians to sustain actions aimed at achieving peace, unity, and progress in the country.
He made the call yesterday at his Wadata Palace, Bida, Niger State, in his message to celebrate Eid-el-Maulud.
He said that the celebration of Maulud is remarkable and reinvigorates the virtues of faith, sacrifice, obedience, love, tolerance, charity and peaceful co-existence.
The royal father noted that Nigerians’ collective faith in God and sustained prayers for the country’s peace, unity and progress is needed to overcome challenges.
“As Muslims who are sincere in their faith, we are supposed to follow all that the Prophet of Islam preaches and teaches,” he said.
Alhaji Abubakar urged Nigerians to continue to be tolerant and live in peace with one another, irrespective of religious, cultural and ethnic differences.
He said that peace and unity are veritable tools for national development, adding that Nigerians must strive to maintain them for the nation to move forward.