The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has hailed the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, on his 67th birthday anniversary, which comes up on Thursday.
Musa Abdullahi Krishi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The Speaker hailed the Sultan, the Co-Chairman of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, for using his highly-revered religious and traditional office to ensure peace and stability in Nigeria.
He noted that the Sultan, who is also the leader of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSIA) and the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) in Nigeria, has undertaken several national and international assignments, the recent being the negotiations with the military junta in the neighbouring Niger Republic.
Speaker Abbas described the Sultan as an elder statesman, a bridge-builder and a guiding light to the nation.
He prayed to the Almighty Allah (SWT) to enrich the Sultan with more wisdom, good health and divine grace to continue providing spiritual and moral guidance for the Muslims and the entire country.
