{"id":102610,"date":"2023-01-19T23:44:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T22:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102610"},"modified":"2023-01-19T23:44:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T22:44:30","slug":"vote-for-leaders-with-reputable-character-sultan-urges-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/vote-for-leaders-with-reputable-character-sultan-urges-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for leaders with reputable character, Sultan urges Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1755491549134330035\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alhaji Sa\u2019ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has told Nigerians to vote for leaders with reputable character in the 2023 general elections.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Abubakar made the call on Thursday while addressing participants at the 29th regular meeting of the National Council on Water Resources (NCWR) in Sokoto.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Sultan said as the general elections were approaching Nigerians needed to use their votes wisely.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cNigerians need to think and rethink of who they are casting their votes to.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We should not consider the religious or ethnic backgrounds of any body we are voting for but Nigeria first.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cOur country should be our priority above any thing and not voting any person who may worsen our present challenges,\u201d he warned.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Abubakar added that for Nigeria to progress as a nation, Nigerians needed to put ethnicity aside and face the reality.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said:\u201dOur country is far better than many countries of the world in terms of security.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cTherefore, we should continue to support and appreciate our country and leaders with prayers in order to be able to address our challenges._<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Abubakar appreciated the Federal Government, the Minister of Water Resources and the officials of the ministry for choosing Sokoto State to hold the council meeting.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alhaji Sa\u2019ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has told Nigerians to vote for leaders with reputable character in the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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