Umahi defends support for Muslim-Muslim ticket, says it’s paying off

Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has stated that he has no regrets supporting the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima during the 2023 elections.

According to him, the decision has yielded positive results for Nigerians in the form of tangible development and democratic dividends.

Speaking at his residence in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, during a Salah celebration with Muslim faithful in the state, Umahi said that while many people initially opposed the ticket, what truly matters now is the delivery of good governance.

The Minister of Works said that the relationship between religious interfaith is more cordial under President Tinubu’s administration than before, saying that both Christians and Muslims serve the same God but in different ways.

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He noted that the administration of President Tinubu has favoured more Christians than Muslims in the country, stressing that President’s appointment is 62% for Christians while the Muslims have 38 % appointments.

“I have always said that we are serving one God in different ways . The most important thing is love and any religion that is not preaching love is not of God. So both Christians and Muslims preaches love, they preach fear of God. I thank God President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. When the idea of Muslim-Muslim came some of you kicked against it.

“So, appointment is 62% for Christians and the Muslims is 38 %. So we have no regrets. You know, with the Muslim- Muslim tickets, Because the most important thing is dividends of democracy. So we are happy with the Interfaith relationship,. In today’s, outing celebration with our Muslim Brothers because we are serving one God” Umahi stated.