SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, (THEWILL) – The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has urged Nigerians to live in peace with one another irrespective of their religious or ethnic affiliations.
Sanusi made the call on Tuesday during the traditional Hawan Nasarawa activities held at the Government House, Kano where he advised adherents of the Islamic faith to practice the lessons of Ramadan for peace to reign in the country.
He also urged the state government to enlighten the people of the state, especially the youths on the importance of peace and called on the state government to provide pesticides to farmers whose crops were affected by insects and pests in some local government areas of the state.
In the same vein, the Emir of Wamba in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Lawal Musa-Nagogo, has cautioned herdsmen against grazing on farmlands to avoid clashes with farmers.
Musa-Nagogo made the call on Tuesday while addressing his subjects that paid him Sallah homage in his palace at Wamba, Wamba Local Government Area of the state insisting that the measure would promote peace and boost food production in the country.
The first class traditional ruler equally called on farmers not to take the law in to their hands no matter the damages done to their crops, but report their grievances to the appropriate authority for necessary action.
“Without peaceful co-existence between the farmers and the herdsmen, agricultural production and the socio-economic development of the country will be affected negatively, hence the need for both of them to embrace one another,” he said.
He urged the Muslim faithful to sustain the lessons learned during the Ramadan by preaching and promoting peace, love and unity, and to pray and support leaders at all levels to enable them succeed in the task ahead of them.
