God Knows Why He Created Nigeria The Way It Is – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that it is only God who knows why he created Nigeria with multitude of ethnic and religious backgrounds, even as he prayed that God would give him and his team the courage to be fair to all so as to earn His mercy.
Buhari, who spoke when he received in audience, the chief Imam of the Mosque of the Holy Prophet in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul-Muhsin Muhammad Al-Qassimi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said that God had a purpose of bringing people from different ethnic backgrounds into one country called Nigeria.
“God knows best- a population of 180 million people comprising more than 300 ethnic groups many of them with cultural ties stronger than religion can only co-exist peacefully in an atmosphere of social justice.
“I pray that God gives us the courage to be fair to people he put in our charge so that we can enjoy his mercy.”
President Buhari said that his administration will continue to promote unity and peaceful co-existence of all Nigerians by ensuring fairness and social justice to all.
The President called on all the citizens of the country to imbibe and practice social justice as a norm even as he prayed to Allah to guide his government in doing the same.
President Buhari confessed that he had learnt “an important lesson about social justice” through several personal life lessons, from the country’s political crisis in 1966, the civil war, his incarceration for three and half years in solitary detention and his attempts to win presidential election.
The President commended the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their efforts to create a better understanding and practice of Islam.
He said that the visit of the Imam to Nigeria would strengthen the bond of ties between the two countries.
This was even as Sheikh Al-Qassimi commended the peaceful co-existence of Nigerians of different faiths.
He expressed satisfaction with the cordial relations between government and religious leaders and called for a better teaching and practice of Islam devoid of extremism. [myad]