In preparation for the Sept. 4 Kaduna State Local Government (LG) elections, stakeholders are suing for peace.

The stakeholders include Christian and Muslim clerics and civil society organisations.

In an interaction with journalists on Thursday in Kaduna, Pastor Yohanna Buru, the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, stressed the need for peace and unity before, during and after the LG elections.

Buru said the LG elections are coming amid security challenges and high cost of living and so there was the need to sensitize the public on the need to fear God and promote religious tolerance.

He called on residents to equally pray to God to bring an end to the security challenges bedeviling the state.

Buru said some religious clerics in the state had already commenced prayers and fasting toward the success of the elections.

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He appealed to the youth to shun all forms of political violence and drug abuses.

The cleric thanked the state government for providing a large number of security operatives to check the excesses of residents during the elections.

He called on the citizens to be law abiding throughout the election period.

Malam Gambo Abdullahi, a Muslim cleric from Barnawa, Kaduna, urged the youth to join hands to spread the message of peace and unity during the elections.

Abdullahi said: “Peace is all what we want during and after the elections.“

He stressed the need for every stakeholder to support the state government toward having a successful poll.

“It is the responsibility of every citizen of Nigeria to support the government toward promoting peace and unity, irrespective of tribe, religion, cultural background.

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Also, the President of an NGO, Zaman Lafiya Arewa, Comrade Mohammed Auwal, has appealed to residents of the state to support the state government to ensure peaceful conduct of the local government elections.

Auwal said his NGO aimed at promoting peace and unity in the North hence the need to emphasis on the peaceful conduct of the elections.

Also Moro’a Development Association (MDA) in Manchok, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has urged the electorates to pray and work toward a peaceful, transparent and credible LG election.

The National President of the association, Dr Jolly La’ah, made the call in an interview on Thursday in Manchok.

The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) had slated Sept. 4, for the conduct of election across the 23 LGAs of the state.

La’ah said that the election would herald a new beginning for the people at the grassroots.

He stressed the need for the electorates to pray, work together and conduct themselves peacefully during the election.

According to him, elected council executives are far better than sole administrators because they represent the will of the people.

“Let not our actions or inactions be the reason why we will not have an elected council executives in Kaura LGA.

“We should all vote wisely and elect credible persons, who will lift the council and the people of Moro’a land to the next level.”