The Umm Al-Qurra University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, has said it is organising a workshop on peaceful coexistence for judges and lecturers in Ibadan.
This was announced in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Oyo State Governor, Taiwo Adisa, on Monday.
Adisa said the Head of the Arabic Language Department, Umm Al-Qurra University, Prof Hassan Hameed Bukhari, said this when he led a delegation to visit Governor Seyi Makinde in Ibadan on Monday.
Bukhari, who spoke through an interpreter, lauded the Oyo State Government for fostering a peaceful atmosphere in the state, adding that it had also been fair to the Muslim Ummah.
Makinde reiterated his administration’s determination to ensuring that the state remained peaceful and secure for residents and outsiders, especially individuals and organisations desirous of investing in the state.
The governor added that his government had been promoting religious tolerance and harmony in the state without bias or sentiment for any religion.
Makinde said Oyo State was peaceful and welcoming for everyone irrespective of religious affiliations.
The governor thanked the Saudi Arabian government for bringing the workshop on peaceful co-existence targeted at judges and university lecturers to Ibadan.
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