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From Kemi Yesufu and Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has described the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar III as one of Nigeria’s outstanding promoters of democracy.
Speaking at a dinner to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sultan on the throne in Sokoto, Dogara, who also hailed the monrach for being an avatar of peace, urged both traditional and political leaders to emulate his exemplary life.
The Speaker in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Turaki Hassan, further observed that the traditional ruler has worked tirelessly to build bridges of friendship across the diverse peoples of the north and Nigeria at large.
The statement read, in part: “I want to say without fear of contradiction that his Eminence is a man of peace and this should he showed in our region and indeed the country at large.
“He (Sultan) has traversed communities, chaired sessions talking about how to improve the living condition of our people; how to engender peace and religious harmony in the nation.
“The Sultan has done all these in the last 10 years and we know that democracy itself abhors violence. Without peace there is no way we can enjoy the benefit of democracy. As a royal father, he has done the work of democracy perhaps more than some of us that claim to be politicians.”
Dogara affirmed his belief that power would endure in the hands of the Sultan as he is a man of justice and peace.
