Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto, has praised President Bola Tinubu for his efforts to promote religious tolerance and openness in Nigeria, attributing the country’s economic success to these policies.
At Saturday’s launching of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Darul’Ilm Centre for Islamic Studies in Kaduna, which was built and donated by Mr. Tosin Ajayi, Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, for orphans and the less-privileged, the Sultan made the endorsement.
The Sultan, in an effort to get Nigerians to stop focussing on their religious and ethnic divisions, claimed that other prosperous nations were able to achieve their level of prosperity because they were able to put aside their differences.
We can heal the wounds of division and shift the spotlight away from our nation’s challenges if people of all backgrounds and beliefs can join forces.
The Sultan made the observation that the presence of chiefs of sister security agencies here today demonstrates the cooperation among our security services and the confidence they hold in Tosin Ajayi.
Ahmed Zalmar, a retired director of the Service, spoke on behalf of the DSS chief, who stated that the secret police are empowered to prevent five key threats to internal security: espionage, insurgency, sabotage, subversion, and terrorism, according to the law that established the DSS.
According to the head of the DSS, who is also a professional security officer, he saw a strong counter-subversion strategy in lowering public dissatisfaction. According to him, education is the most effective weapon against dissatisfaction.
The enhancement of the country’s internal security architecture, using both traditional and unconventional means, is also a component of his programs, he continued. I have always directed portions of CSR and other stakeholder funding towards such endeavours,” he stated.
Atiku Bagudu, Nigeria’s minister of budget and economic planning, and Mr. Wale Edun, the country’s minister of finance, both spoke at the event and stressed the need of education for the country’s future.
He spoke highly of President Tinubu’s backing of programs that feed students and faith-based education efforts.
According to the minister, “By 2050, 25 per cent of the global workforce will be African, with many from Nigeria.” He went on to say that there has been noticeable improvement in the economy despite the difficulties, including rising foreign reserves, stabilising inflation, lowering food and energy prices, and expanding investment.