The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared that there would be a new Administration come May 29 ,urging those who are still plotting to halt the process to perish the thought.
Speaking during a roundtable engagement with traditional and religious rulers on Wednesday in Abuja ,Sultan urged Nigerians to pray for the incoming administration to succeed in steering the affairs of the country.
At the event organized by the World Bank to promote human capital development in the country especially, the girl child education declared said everyone should know that a new administration would take over on May 29 “whether they like it or not.”
“Whether anybody likes it, it must take place, a new government is coming on 29 May, so what can we do besides prayers because we believe in Almighty, we believe in God that gives and takes.
“After that so what? What do we do to help the government stabilize and move the country forward?”
He added that it is an opportunity for religious and traditional leaders to work together for the betterment of the country.
“Let us continue to work as one big family with different mothers and fathers or whatever it is, but our main father and mother is Nigeria. As religious leaders, there must be equity and justice in whatever is being done and that is what I think we need to talk about the most,” Sultan said.