El-Rufai presents staff of office to traditional ruler

Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai yesterday presented the staff of office to the new Agwatyap, Dominic Gambo Yahaya. The new Agwatyap succeeds Dr. Yusuf Harrison Bungwon, who passed on about seven months ago.

While congratulating the Agwatyap, El-Rufai urged leaders at all levels to uphold peace and harmony in the state. The governor who spoke in Samaru-Kataf during the ceremony urged the traditional ruler to sustain the bridge-building legacy of the late Agwatyap, Dr. Harrison Yusuf Bungon.

“Our state needs everyone in formal and informal positions of leadership to speak up for and to uphold a common humanity. Too many merchants of hate and division are a menace to our society. They seek to have their bread buttered by the suffering and destruction that violence brings. They promote a persistent victim mentality, pushing a narrative that relegates and diminishes people and inclines them to base conduct.

“They package ordinary people into the mistaken and dangerous belief that the dice is always loaded against them because of religion and region, thereby fuelling a baseless sense of rage and hate,” he stated.

El-Rufai reaffirmed the commitment of the government to security and peace building not only in Southern Kaduna, but in every part of the state, saying the government was exploring avenues to secure peace.