Sultan to Nigerians: elect quality leaders, The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has enjoined Nigerians to love one another and elect quality leaders in the 2023 general elections.
The Sultan urged Muslims to pray for peace and the country’s stability, and also appealed to the government to stem the tide of inflation, while urging traders to desist from arbitrarily price increase.
He also appealed to politicians to consider politics as service to the nation, which should not be pursued as a do-or-die affair.
“Nigerians should freely choose their leaders on the basis of those who will lead them with justice, fairness and character in line with our usual prayer, “O Allah, make the best of us our leaders, and don’t make the worst of us our leaders.
“Don’t make us, on account of our sins, be under those who will neither fear you nor be compassionate to us,” he said.
The Sultan urged Muslims to exercise their rights to contest for elective positions and participate actively in the electoral process by not only obtaining their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), but also cast their votes during elections.