Kaduna State Governor, Sen. Uba Sani, has said his administration is ever ready to right the wrongs and champion genuine reconciliation with the people of Southern Kaduna.
The Governor stated this in a message to the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association Pastor’s Congress, held at the Throneroom Trust Ministry Kafanchan.
Governor Uba Sani, while speaking through the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Religious Affairs, Christian Matters who is also the Chairman, Kaduna Baptist Convention, Rev. Dr. Ishaya Adamu Jangado, explained that his administration has realized some of the mistakes of past administrations and is willing to address them for the progress and development of the state.
He appealed to the Christian community in the area to support and rally round the current administration at all levels in order to achieve the needed development, even as he pledged to continue to operate an inclusive government in the state that will be fair and just to all.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association, Apostle Dr. Emmanuel Nuhu Kure, said the end of year meeting was convened in order to debrief members by way of presenting a mid-term report, reappraise the just concluded general elections, draw up strategies for future engagements, as well as pray for the future of the land.
He announced plans by the Association to organize seminars in different zones of Southern Kaduna, which will improve and further increase the knowledge of Clergies in the area and also raise a special treasury that will be used to assist disadvantaged pastors in Southern Kaduna irrespective of denominations.
While thanking the Governor for seeing the need to bridge the gap created by the previous administration in the state, the SKCLA Chairman pledged the Association’s commitment to continue to support any positive decision that will be to the progress and development of the people.of Southern Kaduna.
He also used the congress to clear the air on some misconceptions and rumors that he received monies meant for members from politicians during the build up to the 2023 general elections.
The meeting commiserated with the family of late Reverend General Yakubu Yerima Kure, retired, over his demise.
In a tribute, Apostle Kure eulogized the deceased, describing him as not just a fine soldier, but an evangelist of Christ who went for missions side by side with him and still remained committed even in his last days.
He prayed to God to accept his soul and grant the immediate family, the government and people of Kaduna State, as well as the Nigerian Army and the Nation as a whole, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
He reports that, during the congress, the pastors who were drawn from ten Local Government Areas in the Zone, passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the Association and commended them for the zeal and sacrifices they have been making to take the Association to greater heights and improve the image of the church in Southern Kaduna.
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