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Ajagu Appeals to Nigerians On Peaceful Co-Existence

Vanguard (Lagos)
NEWS
January 21, 2005
Posted to the web January 21, 2005

By Anayo Okoli
Awka
ANAMBRA State Vice President of Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Alhaji
Dauda Ajagu has appealed to Nigerians to live in peace and unity, saying that
God loves a harmonious living. Ajagu advised Nigerians and leaders to toe the
path of peace and harmony as the only way to keep Nigeria together as one.
In his Ide-Kabil message to the people of Anambra State, Ajagu warned
politicians that history will not forgive them if the nation's nascent
democracy fails due to their recklessness.
Ajagu also urged the Federal Government to use the period of Ide-Kabil
celebration to resolve the Anambra political crisis, saying that the period is
synonymous with peace.
"I wish to advise the Federal Government and PDP National Working Committee to
see that they use the spirit of this Salla celebration to put an end to the
Anambra crisis because what is happening today in Anambra is taking the state
backwards in the area of development",Ajagu said.
He said without peace and unity no meaningful development can be achieved in
the state. He warned politicians in the state to give peace a chance for the
future of their children.
Alhaji Ajagu also called on the Anambra State Government to reconstitute the
State's Muslim Pilgrims Board, the absence of which he said has deprived the
muslims in the state the opportunity of performing their obligatory pilgrimage
to Mecca.
He urged the Muslim community in the state to remain calm while the Government
reconstitutes the board and assured them that they will be part of next year's
Hajji operations.

   

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