Christian clerics donate praying materials to mosques in Kaduna
AS part of efforts to strengthen religious harmony, some Christian clerics yesterday donated praying materials to mosques in Kaduna.
The move was in line with the World International Interfaith Week declared by the United Nations (UN).
The General Overseer of Christ Evangelical Intercessory
Fellowship Ministry, Pastor Yohanna Buru, led the team, which included Rev. Titus Ishiyaku and A. Abraham.
He stressed that the gesture would curb ethno-religious, political, socio-economic and communal crisis.
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CORRUPTION, African time syndrome and other negative practices have been identified as the bane of Nigeria’s economic development.
The Commissioner, Ministry of Establishments, Training and pensions, Akintola Benson Oke, disclosed this yesterday at a symposium, organised by The Rotary International, District 9110.
The theme of the symposium was: “Business and professional ethics on the economic growth in Nigeria, indicators of weak- mosques today to extend our hands of fellowship and friendship through the donation of praying materials.
“The visit is also to interact with other top Islamic scholars on ways to strengthen peace and interfaith harmony.
Baru explained that last Wednesday, a Muslim woman donated some gadgets that could be used to clean church premises.
He added that also last year, the same women donated dozens of plastics chairs to a church.
According to him: “The church cannot forget the donation of 50 copies by a group of Muslim women in February 2016, during the international week.
Baru noted that the frequent crises have led to mosques and churches opening different schools and making the residents to mark some communities as enemy’s zone.
Receiving the donations at one of the mosques along Kano Road, called “The mosque of destitute” Mallam Musa Abdullahi expressed satisfaction and appealed to other clerics to emulate the gesture.
The chairman of Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), Kaduna branch, Alhaji Adamu Yusuf, also received some kettles on behalf of the NUJ mosque. inter-faith
syndrome, bane of Nigeria’s economic growth’
nesses and suggested remedies.”
The Permanent Secretary, Clara Ibirogba, represented him.
The commissioner said the country is being slowed down developmentally due to poor business ethics, at a time when societies are in search of sustainable development.
Oke lamented that the quota system in the country has created an unhealthy sense of entitlement, as people are not appointed into strategic positions based on merit.
He identified tax evasion, road traffic stemming from indiscipline, corruption in the judiciary and a weak judicial system as other factors.
He stressed: “Africantime syndrome has eaten deep into the fabric of our society, to prevent government from meeting its basic obligations.
He added that these practices, which include tax evasion, have given the country a bad name in the international circle.
According to him, events are started late and nobody cares, because it is symptomatic of weak code of ethics.