The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Ali Rifat Koksal, has advised his host country to invest more on human capital so as to achieve its goal of being among the top economies of the world.

Koksal gave the advice while fielding questions from newsmen on the celebration of Eid-El-Kabir at the Turkish International College in Abuja on Sunday.

The Ambassador said that the strength of Nigeria’s development was not in its crude oil but on its huge population and the diversity of its people.

He said that improved education of Nigerians would improve the people’s standard of living.

Our correspondent reports that the Turkish community in the FCT celebrated Eid-El-Kabir by distributing food to the poor in the orphanages and some rural areas in the FCT and its environs.

Meanwhile, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State called on the people to ensure peaceful coexistence and unity among them.

Dankwambo, who stated this in Gombe on Sunday in his Sallah message, urged the traditional and religious leaders in the state to be steadfast in prayers for peace to prevail.

“It is the necessary catalyst to the continuous socio-economic development of our communities.

“Irrespective of religious or ethnic differences, we should live peacefully with one another.” The governor urged people to pray for the safe return of those who went for the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Dankwambo reassured the people that his government would remain focused and committed towards fostering development by providing socio economic infrastructure as well as ensuring security of lives and property.

He prayed for the repose of the soul of the late Deputy Governor of Gombe, Mr. David Albashi, adding that the deceased was a statesman of rare qualities.

And from Maiduguri came the report that the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai had commended Govember Kashim Shettima over the way and manner he handled the security challenges in the state. Garbai gave the commendation while speaking at his palace shortly after observing the congregational prayer held at the Ramat Square in the metropolis.

He said that following the intervention of government in the sectarian crises that engulfed Borno and the redeployment of the Joint Task Force (JTF) to the state, the crises had reduced to the barest minimum.

The Shehu appealed to the Federal Government to recharge the Lake Chad River and construct the Kukawa-Malamfatori road as well as build a bridge across the Kala Balge River in the state.

And in Katsina, the Chief Imam, Alhaji Liman Lawal called for continued prayers for the security, peace and progress of Nigeria as an indivisible country.

Lawal made the call in his Ed-el-Kabir sermon after the Ed prayers at the Kofar Guga praying ground in Katsina on Sunday.

He maintained that it was only through prayers that the present insecurity could be addressed in the country and hence, the need for all and sundry to embrace prayers, so that unity, peace and progress of the nation could be achieved. Thousands of Muslims attended the prayers, including the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumin Kabir and all the District Heads in the Katsina Emirate.

Similar prayers were also held at the GRA praying ground with the State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema and his Deputy, Alhaji Abdullahi Garba, in attendance.

The Imam of the GRA praying ground, Alhaji Sirajo Kankia in his sermon called on the Federal Government not to withdraw fuel subsidy as it would aggravate the problems of the citizenry.

He also advised members of the National Assembly not to pass the proposed bill on same sex marriage.