As Muslims all over the world prepare for the month of Ramadan, fasting period, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has appealed to the Boko Haram group to sheath their sword and embrace peace.
Tambuwal made the appeal when he said government must not shut its doors against dialogue with the terrorists group, adding that, the House of Representative was ready to support any effort aimed at bringing about peace in the country.
Speaking in Kaduna yesterday while declaring open, the National Conference on Practical Steps in Uniting the Nigerian Muslim Ummah and JNI Annual Pre-Ramadan Meeting, held at the JNI National Headquarters.
According to him, “we must not shut our doors. One of the longest standing disputes in the world today is the Israeli-Arab conflict or Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They still find their ways to dialogue and discuss how best to address their issues.
“Therefore, we, including the insurgents, most of them that are probably identified are Nigerians. First and foremost, we are not fighting war with another country, it is an internal crisis that we are facing. Therefore, dialogue is necessary.
“I have said this before about two three years back and I am still maintaining my ground, we need to dialogue and discuss and ensure that we bring back those that can be brought back. If they have any issue that can be addressed by the government, those issues should be looked into with the possibility of being attended to. And for those of them that feel all they need is to take up arms against the rest of us, we all face them squarely,” he said.
On the forthcoming Ramadan fasting, Tambuwal lamented that, Nigerians have the habit of sky-rocketing prices of food items during festive period. He therefore urged business men to desist from deliberate increase of prices of food stuffs and other items.
He also called on Islamic preachers to always watch their words during their Ramadan Tafsir preaching and avoid inciting statements.
Earlier in his opening remarks, the President General of JNI and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, told Nigerian leaders at all levels to fear Allah and ensure justice and equity.
According to the Sultan, it is the absence of fair play and equity in running the affairs of human being that has always been responsible for the level of insecurity in any country, this is just as he said the lack of the fear of God is responsible for the high level of corruption and several other social vices across the country.
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