Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara claims Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar is stopping him from renovating mosques in the state.
Dogara made the claim in a letter written to Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’adu Abubakar inviting him to intervene in the matter.
According to the letter, Dogara said he had embarked on renovation and reconstruction of mosques in the constituency but the Governor got a wind of it and directed the District Head and the council chairman to stop the work or lose their jobs.
In his letter to the Sultan, Dogara said as a Christian, nothing in “my religion teaches me to discriminate or worsen the condition which other adherent worships”.
Dogara further asked the Sultan to intervene in the matter “ to have the mosques renovated and for the governor to restore the District head of Dull to his stool.”
The Speaker said he hopes the intervention of the Sultan will bring succor to the people of his Federal constituency and encourage peaceful co-existence which the Sultan is championing.
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