Daurawa Makes the Case for Competence Over Religious Tickets

Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa’s comments on same-faith tickets offer a needed response to the divisive remarks made by Sani Yahaya Jingir at a Kano mass wedding. While some dignitaries were criticised for applauding Jingir, I believe Daurawa later made his position clear: Jingir spoke for himself, not for Nigerian Muslims as a whole. Daurawa argued that Nigerians should be free to support Muslim-Muslim, Christian-Christian, Muslim-Christian or Christian-Muslim tickets. In his view, elections should be about competence, service and good governance, not the religious identity of candidates. Nigeria is a democracy, not a religious state, and its electoral system does not recognise religious political parties. I agree that Nigerians should reject religious extremism and judge candidates by their character, record and capacity to govern. The hardship, insecurity and moral pressure faced by citizens cut across faiths. Clerics should not be followed blindly, and young people should reject violence, drug abuse and religious manipulation while participating peacefully in politics.

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