The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has urged religious leaders across Nigeria to promote peace and reconciliation rather than hatred and division.
Yilwatda made the call on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking at an International Conference on National Security for Socio-economic Development organised by Jama’atu Izalatil Bidiah wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), in partnership with the Muslim World League of Saudi Arabia.
He said Nigeria’s religious, ethnic and cultural diversity should be seen as a strength rather than a reason for conflict.
Yilwatda said his personal experience had shaped his belief that people of different faiths could live together peacefully.
“I came here to this conversation not as a new person to diversity. I’ve experienced the painful part of diversity, and I’ve experienced the beautiful part of the same diversity,” he said.
He recalled growing up in a community where his father, a pastor, had a
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