Southern Kaduna Christians, Muslims Sign MoU On Peaceful Polls

Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association and Southern Kaduna Council of Imams and Ulama have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support crisis-free 2023 general elections.

The MoU was signed yesterday by the leader of the Christians, Apostle Emmanuel Nuhu Kure and the leader of the Muslim community, Imam Muhammad Kassim.

They called on both Christians and Muslims to be vigilant and promote peace at all times.

“Having identified stakeholders (Christians and Muslims) committed to the promotion of peaceful co-existence among communities in Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria, the above leaders do undertake to sign this MoU as a mark of their commitment towards sustaining peaceful coexistence for progress before, during and after the February/March 2023 general elections.

“By working together at both the strategic and operational levels, the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association and Southern Kaduna Council of Imams and Ulamaa with their members, collectively and individually, agree to ensure that we will have a crisis-free 2023 general elections.  Noting that even if a crisis erupts in other places, we will jointly ensure that it does not consume Southern Kaduna and our members are not involved.

“This memorandum of understanding, therefore, articulates the participants’ shared objectives in support of a crisis-free 2023 general elections in Southern Kaduna, and their respective undertakings.  Anyone who attempts to aid outsiders create or start a crisis, we will jointly release our members to protect the land from both external and internal trouble before, during and after the 2023 general elections.

“This MoU is meant to serve as a reminder of the commitment of the undersigned in support of a crisis-free 2023 general elections in Southern Kaduna. It also establishes a basis for ongoing dialogue and cooperation between the participants, so that future interventions and areas of mutual interest may be brought under this framework.

“We call on all our members to be vigilant and to ensure a peaceful aftermath, during the forthcoming elections,” the copy of the MoU obtained by LEADERSHIP stated.