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Interfaith symposium on religious harmony

by ARCH BISHOP · January 13, 2022

*Interfaith symposium on religious harmony*

On Thursday, 13th January, 2021, the Embassy of Israel in Nigeria led by the Chargé d’Affaires, Mr. Yotam Kreiman, hosted an interfaith symposium on peaceful coexistence among different religions. The symposium tagged “Peace, Tolerance and Co-existence among different religions” featured a panel discussion that enjoyed the shared of experiences of the Chief Rabbi of Nigeria, Rabbi Israel Uzan, the Chief Imam of the National Mosque of Abuja, Imam Dr. Muhammad Kabir Adam, and the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama. The discussions centered on seeking common grounds to tackle the challenges of religious extremism, sustainable development, and other issues of violence and conflict in Nigeria.

– Fr. John Ilonah

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Born in the Nigerian State of Taraba on the 31st July, 1958, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama was ordained a Catholic priest in 1981. In 1995, he became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Jalingo, the capital city of his home State of Taraba. In 2000, he was installed as the Archbishop of Jos, capital of Plateau State and on 11th March 2019, the Holy Father Pope Francis appointed him Coadjutor Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja and he took full possession as Archbishop of Abuja in December 2019. Archbishop Kaigama is the founder of the Dialogue, Reconciliation, and Peace Centre, Jos (2011). He was elected President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) in 2015 and also served as the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for six years.

He has held positions as Chair of the Plateau State Inter-Religious Council for Peace and Harmony and Chair of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Plateau State for years. He was also a member of the Solomon Lar Presidential Committee mandated by the Federal Government to look into the causes of the Plateau ethno-religious crises and to proffer ways of bringing them to an end. He travels all around the world to speak about peace and share his experience of dialogue/interfaith collaboration and peace-building efforts.

His Grace holds a PhD in spiritual theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy and two honourary doctorate degrees in Public Administration and Human Resource Management by Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu (2015) and Madonna University (2016) respectively.

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