Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wednesday assured the President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he will take over Presidential power on May 29 ‘’whether anybody likes it or not.’’
The Sultan therefore tasked Nigerians to pray for the incoming administration to succeed in steering the affairs of the country.
Sultan Abubakar spoke during a roundtable engagement with traditional and religious rulers on Wednesday in Abuja which was organised by the World Bank to fashion a way out to increase human capital development in the country especially, the girl child education.
The Sultan, who was urging attendees not to abandon the advocacy of ending child marriage and other impediments to the growth of the girl when they get to their community, said: “There must be change because in the next few days or weeks there will be a new government, what can we contribute to that government to stabilize?
“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 stabilise 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.