Kaduna Killings: Live As Brothers, Buhari Urges Indigenes

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the indigenes of Kaduna State to be unified. 

The president who made this known through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said this at the virtual opening of the fifth Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit, with the theme “KADInvest 5.0, Infrastructure, Industrialisation and Innovation.”

Adesina’s statement was titled “Let’s live as brothers and sisters because without peace, development cannot take place, President Buhari tells Kaduna indigenes”.

Recall the Southern Kaduna have been in report of several bloody clashes that have left many dead while others have been injured or rendered homeless.

He called on the indigenes to cooperate with government and security agencies to secure peace and harmony, adding that they must learn to live as brothers and sisters.

According to him, it is only in the atmosphere of peace that development can take place.

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“We must live together as brothers and sisters because, without peace, development cannot take place,” the President said.

Buhari was also quoted as commending the state government for making the state attractive to investors.

He urged the government to sustain the tempo and surpass its current record.

He said, “I wish to commend the efforts of the Kaduna State Government to establish its credentials as one of the new investment destinations of choice in Nigeria.

“These efforts have received just recognition in the response of the business community which has put in new investments in the state.

“This is a further affirmation of the ranking of the state as Number One for Ease of Doing Business by the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2018.

“I call on the Kaduna State Government to keep up these laudable efforts and surpass the impressive results already attained.”