Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has disclosed that the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board was dissolved because of division and the illegal sale of pilgrimage slots.
Wike, however, assured Muslims in the state that his administration would continue to carry all groups along, irrespective of their religious and ethnic background.
The governor stated this during a special Sallah homage to the Government House in Port Harcourt yesterday by the Islamic leader of Rivers State, Nasir Uhor.
He said the bickering in the Muslim board necessitated the action of his administration to dissolve it.
Uhor, on behalf of the Muslim community in Rivers State, said that the governor’s victory during the last governorship election had positioned the state for greater development in the next four years.
