The Chairman, Kaduna State Council of Emirs and Chiefs, Dr. Shehu Idris, on Tuesday urged elected officers to tackle security challenges bedevilling the country.
The Emir, who delivered a speech to mark the 1440 AH/2019 Eit-et-Fitr celebration at his palace Tuesday, in Zaria Kaduna State, observed that security of lives and property was paramount, hence the need for government at all levels to accord it the desired attention to pave way for prevailing peace.
His words: “We want to appeal to all elected officers to do everything possible to fulfill their campaign promises and endeavour to carry all manner of people along towards all-inclusive government for peace and tranquility to prevail.
“We want them accord special attention to security of lives and property, they should also ensure the provision of sound and quality education, ease access to health and farm inputs and implements an other social amenities.”
The Emir appreciated Gov. Nasiru el-Rufai for executing meaningful and developmental projects across the state in the last four years especially in the area of peace, education, fight against drug abuse and banditry among others.
“We want to use this medium to extend our Sallah message to His Excellency, Gov. Nasiru el-Rufai and applaud him for his zeal and determination to restore lasting peace in the state.
“It will not be out of order to use this opportunity to congratulate you for taking oath of office for the second term, we pray and hope Almighty Allah will guide you aright and give you wisdom to take Kaduna to greater heights.
“We pray Almighty Allah will give you the strength to build upon the successes already established and we urge our subjects to continue to cooperate with the security agencies by proving useful information toward stemming criminality,” he pleaded.
The monarch appealed to federal and state governments as well as lawmakers to be united to pursue a common goal of rebuilding the economy towards making it among the top economies globally.
He advised government to introduce more programmes to enable people become self-reliant in both rural and urban areas.
The Emir encouraged Muslims to sustain the lessons learnt during Ramadan such as humility, fear of Almighty Allah, foriveness, obedience, care for the poor, needy and orphans among other good virtues.
“These are good lessons worthy of retention by Muslims. As good Muslims, you are not expected to indulge in social vices after the month of Ramadan.
“We hope as Muslims you will continue to work and practice these virtues and you will continue to obey and respect Islamic rules and regulations governing your lives.
“We also want to appeal to you to support and respect those in position of authority by obeying all rules and regulations governing our existence as a nation,” he advised.
He urged Muslims to continue to pray for peace to prevail across Nigeria, saying that peace was critical to the corporate existence of Nigeria.
