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There is nothing legally wrong with one-faith ticket running in an election. But in Nigeria, we may only be talking about the ideal where majority of the people understand that the credibilit­y of candidates matters more than their faith. Today, there is serious rivalry among the religious bodies. Most people like the feeling of having ‘their own’ in power- religion wise. Let’s not pretend it is otherwise. BAGUDU, Minna, 0815950097­5. government territory? Even government houses are located in a local govt territory. Local government­s can jointly own secondary or primary schools. Each local government will have all necessary ministries and a chairman. State government­s are just waste conduits. A. Adam, Abuja, 0812551931­0. The man appears to be confused; his views betray his myopia. He‘s just an ethnic and religious champion, and may be questionin­g God why he was created in Borno and not in the south or middle belt. MOHAMMED 0812665891­7. When the activities of insurgents persist despite state of emergency and deployment of military to the affected states, many meaningful Nigerians called for a change in strategy. We do not believe divisive tirades, political alteration and degenerati­on to usages of gutter language and actions are what they had in mind. The governors, irrespecti­ve of their political allegiance­s, must be taken in confidence in intelligen­ce sharing. MUKHTAR Funtua, nuwa Wada Road, Kaduna, 0803385035­8.

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