PRESIDENT BUHARI STATES STRONGLY THAT RELIGION CAN'T NOT BE ALLOWED TO CREATE DIVISION IN NIGERIA.

President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Monday when he received the Tijjaniyya Muslim Religious Movement  expressed the determination of his administration to forge a strong, prosperous and united Nigeria,  from the religious diversity and ethnic communities in the country.

Receiving Religious Movement at the State House, President Buhari lauded the prevalence of mutual understanding among the followers of the two major religions in the country, Islam and Christianity.

President Buhari in a statement by his senior special assistant on media and publicity Garba Shehu, told leaders of the delegation, made up mostly    Senegalese, that the Tijjaniyya religious order was not new to him or to Nigerians, citing specific communities around him who practised its doctrines  and commended them for being orderly, peaceful and constructive.

The Nigerian leader welcomed the prayers of the religious group for his wellbeing and for the peace and progress in Nigeria.

He urged them to convey his best wishes to President Macky Sall of Senegal, saying: “ I assure you that  I am very close to your President. He addresses me as ‘Baba’,’’.

The leader of the delegation, Sheikh Muhammad Lamin Inyas, son of one of the greatest Muslim religious Leaders in West Africa, Sheikh Ibrahim Inyas said their father brought them up to love and appreciate his large following in Kano and Nigerian cities.

The delegation prayed for the realization of best wishes and aspirations of President Buhari, and for unity and solidarity among the universal followers of the religion.