Chief of Staff to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state Dr Edgar Amos Sunday has admonished the people of the state to embrace one another and to exhibit ethnicity tolerance as a panacea for human development
The Chief of Staff, through a message he sent, said this at a Christmas cultural celebration organized by the ST. Monica Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, LCCN Cathedral Jimeta
During the event where over twenty cultural groups were drafted to feature, Edgar described culture as one of the strongest identities of people which should not be taken for granted but upheld at all times and all costs
He exemplified that a society where people respect one another’s cultures and traditions is a society where development thrive
According to him, Adamawa state is blessed to have had about eighty ethnic groups and posits that the diversity is a strength rather than a weakness
He enlightened that languages go extinct because of the failure of the owners to represent them now and then
He used the forum to wish all and sundry a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year with a backup of Christmas packages for performing tribes during the event
The Pastor in charge of the LCCN ST Monica Cathedral Jimeta, Dean Rev Babangida Joseph had earlier in a remark told the gathering that one of the ways to uphold culture is by constantly practising it and stated further that Christmas is a time of celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ hence the event to remind people of their roots
Bwatiye, Mbula, Huba, Tiv, Ngas, Jenjo, Laka, Yandang, Jukun, Chamba, Ga’anda, Higgi, and Lunguda to mention just a few formed part of the performing tribes
