Sultan, Onaiyekan to lead Abuja inter-religious dialogue for peaceful elections
As part of measures to ensure peaceful 2019 General Elections, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan will on Wednesday in Abuja lead religious leaders across the nation in a conference on role of interfaith communities during the polls.
Coming under the auspices of the General Assembly of Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace (IDFP), the conference will also discuss the imperative of National security in the conduct of the elections.
In a statement by the body’s Co-Chairmen, Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni and Bishop Sunday Onuoha, other participants at the conference themed, “2019 Elections and National Security: The Role of Interfaith Communities” include the leadership of the three arms of the federal government, all state governors, the FCT Minister and INEC among others.
IDFP is a national interfaith and intercultural dialogue forum that has the peaceful co-existence of all government recognised religions as well as ethnic groups in Nigeria as its central objective.
The statement said the keynote addresses will be delivered by Mr. J. U. K. Igwe (SAN) and the Wazirin Katsina, Prof. Sani Lugga while all KAICIID Dialogue Centre Fellows in Nigeria will be observers at the conference.
