ACF, Omo-Aje preach hope, peace at Xmas

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has called on all Nigerians to use the Christmas celebration to pray for knowledge, courage, wisdom, and empathy for leaders, whether political, religious, or traditional, as well as for the armed forces as they try to grapple with the challenges of the economy, insecurity, leadership, and governance.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Forum Prof. T. A. Muhammad-Baba stated this in a statement made available to the media in Kaduna yesterday.
According to him, no doubt, communities in the country variously face daunting existential economic challenges, social upheavals, poverty, inequalities, political disagreements.
He expressed dismay that more worrying has been the insecurity bedeviling the communities due to the criminal activities of bandits, extremists and other misguided elements or social misfits in the society. ACF yearns for an end to all these problems.
“ ACF is conscious, worried and prays for escape from all the challenges. In the spirit of the Yuletide Season, ACF calls on all to fervently pray for a deserved return to mutual understanding, tolerance, cooperation, responsible neighborliness, peace and tranquility in all communities specifically and for humanity in general. “ He said
Similarly the National Chairman of Action Alliance Dr. Adekunle Rufai OmoAje also urged Christians and Nigerians, in the spirit of the Christmas celebration to uphold the principles of love, tolerance, and sacrifice to sustain harmony, progress, and advance the cause of humanity.
The AA National Chairman felicitated with the Christian faithful and Nigerians in general, as they joined the rest of the world in celebrating Christmas.
The front-line grassroots politician added that the Christmas season represents joy, peace, hope, love, and goodwill. He added that these qualities are very much needed “in our country at this time when we are confronted with the diverse challenges of development”.