By Akinwale Kasali
As the spate of insecurity in the country keeps escalating, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to entrench ethnic and religious tolerance in their domain to foster peace and unity in the country.
The President said for the nation to overcome its insecurity challenges, it needs to embrace peace and unity irrespective of religious and cultural beliefs.
Buhari gave this charge on Sunday in Lafia, Nasarawa State Capital where he had visited on a two-day official visit to the State for an inspection of the ongoing construction works at the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute, Lafia, which began on August 1, 2022.
Represented by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, President Buhari said that the Federal Government decided to build the AMEDI, Lafia because of its commitment to the development of agriculture and to guaranty food security across the nation.
He expressed confidence that the agricultural institute which is being built by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, will in no distant time emerge as a centre of excellence which would enable Nigeria to become a hub for agro-allied technologies.
“I am urging all Nigerians to always tolerate each other, embrace one another and work towards the peace, unity and development of the country. We should entrench ethnic and religious tolerance so as to achieve a common goal of making our country great.
“I want to commend the Executive Vice-Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, Professor Mohammed Sani-Haruna, for the work he has been doing across the country. I also want to thank the Nasarawa State Government for all the support they have given us since the project commenced.
“It is a good pleasure for me to be here physically. The groundbreaking ceremony was done in August, now I am here to see the tremendous progress that has been made since that time, and By God’s grace, AMEDI Lafia will be commissioned before the end of this administration.”
Buhari is away to London on medical grounds.
