Commenting on the proposed Northern Unity Conference (NUC), Alhaji Abdukadri argued that the original plan was to assemble everybody, the clergy, emirs, leaders and governors, so that they could sit down and find solutions to the frequent crises in the north.
The NUC as originally planned was sabotaged. But whether one likes it or not, there is a notorious fact that the people have been killing themselves in the north at an alarming rate, it happened in Plateau, and Kano states.
'' it is a problem that has to be addressed irrespective of these who are involved and one way of addressing such problems is to come together irrespective of ethnicity, religion or class in the society;and find solution to the problem.
'' This is where the objection raised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states on the NUC can be faulted. The governors as the Chief Security Officers (CSOs) of their states must be interesting in bringing everybody together. They not only have the constitutional responsibility to be responsible to the security of every person residing within their state but have the responsibility of ensuring that conducive atmosphere exist for harmonies and orderly co-exist in their states.
''Also the ACF as a non-governmental organisation that assign to itself the responsible of promoting harmonious co-existence among northerners and others Nigerians, equally should be interested in addressing those problems that bring about these crises.
The traditional rulers (emir) as the custodians of our norms and values and also being closest people to the common man are very much interested in the peaceful and harmonious co-existence in their domain.
So, it should also be out of place for the clergy who have the moral responsibility of informing and enlightening the people of peaceful and harmonious co-existence. So, I think it is wrong for anybody (CAN) to think that such gatherings, because of the presence of the governors is political and therefore dissociate themselves from it.
After all, the clergy should be able to and must inform and enlighten people about what the sceptres enjoin people to do, or believe us to do in every aspect of human endeavour, be it polite, economic, social and what knots. That gathering is big for any body to manipulate' Abdulkadir added
