From Our Correspondent
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the recent spate of kidnappings and bandit attacks, describing the development as disturbing, ungodly, and sinister.
Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity announced the President’s remarks in a statement, on Tuesday, in Abuja.
Tinubu made the remarks when he received a delegation of the Jamiyyatu Ansaridden Islamic Movement, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President said while security agencies are acting with dispatch to address the current challenge, the government will roll out resources, policies and plans for the massive education of Nigerian youths.
He said education was the antidote to the troubles agitating the nation.
“There is no weapon against poverty that is as potent as learning. We are here to change the lives of our people and to promote peace, stability, and economic prosperity.
“We are dedicated to building a lasting peace with a focus on the comprehensive education of our children.
“We will get our teachers and their owners involved in an education process relevant to this country’s future.
“It is important. Knowledge brought me here with your prayers and your support.
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“Without knowledge, there is nothing to generate hope for mankind,” President Tinubu said.
Tinubu also emphasized that it was important to promote updated knowledge through existing Islamic learning institutions for youths in Northern Nigeria to speed up development in the region, in Nigeria and throughout Africa.
“Please embark on special prayers and embark on proper education for our youths. Kidnapping and banditry are not the way of God. Shedding each other’s blood is bad.
“And there can be no development without peace. It is only in the area of peace that we can eliminate poverty.
“We must work for peace for our economy to grow better,” the President said.
In his remarks, the Jamiyyatu Ansaridden leader, Sheikh Muhammad Lamine Niass encouraged the President to continue implementing reform initiatives in the overall interest of the masses
Jamiyyatu Ansaridden movement, Lamine Niass said, would continue to pray for Nigeria’s peaceful development.
He assured that the movement is reputed for its promotion of peace and tolerance.
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