2023: Some People Are Holding Meetings To Promote Religious And Ethnic Division – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has alleged that some politicians are trying to play the politics of ethnicity and religion in the forthcoming 2023 general election.

The Governor who accused such persons of using ethnicity and religion as campaign tools however called on Nigerians to shun such politicians.

Naija News understands El-Rufai made the submission yesterday in Kaduna at the commissioning ceremony of the head office of the Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development.

He stressed that such persons only want to cause division and strife among Nigerians while urging that the focus of any patriotic Nigerian at the moment should be how to unite and move the country forward.

He said: “People are united in their poverty, in their need for education, in decent healthcare and to put food on their table, that is what we should focus on but some people are holding meetings to promote religious and ethnic division. That is the last thing Nigeria needs at a time when the whole world is facing challenges of ultra-nationalism and global supply chain disruption.”

Forgive Me

Governor El-Rufai also used the opportunity to plead for forgiveness from anyone he might have offended in the course of discharging his constitutional duties.

According to him, he would love to leave the position in peace.

“We try to do what is right but only God is right, my apologies to anyone that I have offended, we have five months to go and I will like to leave and sleep in peace,” he said.