What will happen if Christians vote for Tinubu in 2023 – Dogara

Nigerians, particularly Christains, have been warned against voting for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in the 2023 election.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who made this called, said Christians in Nigeria not to waste their votes by voting for the Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket of the APC.

Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja at a summit tagged ‘Meet the Church’ organised by the Nigerian National Christians Coalition (NNCC), Dogara said no Christian should vote for an all-Muslim ticket.

The position of the former speaker was contained in a statement by his media aide, Turaki Hassan.

“Every Christian knows that our God does not tolerate waste. It is unchristian for the church to waste anything given to us from above as we own nothing except what is given to us from above,” Mr Dogara said.

“These warnings were not only ignored but dismissed in one fell swoop by the APC presidential candidate who strangely believes that he can build a strong, secure and viable nation-state without first forging a shared identity, vision and values for our people thereby enabling us transit from citizens of a country into a nation of people with strong shared identity and values.”

“To demonstrate that the church is right, it is not alone in condemning the same faith ticket, other prominent Islamic clerics and Muslim leaders have also spoken in the same light.

“It is a good omen that both Christian and Muslim elites are not complacent over this matter. To this end, it will be easy to generate the needed elite consensus that is key to nation-building. All nations are built by elite consensus while all countries that failed at nation-building were destroyed by elite complacency.

“Granted that the Christians and Muslims will always disagree on some issues, there are, however, many things over which we are agreeable. It is enough to forge ahead with the task of nation-building based on those common issues we agree on.”

Treasure Orokpo

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