Yilwatda also urged political leaders to resist exploiting religious and ethnic sentiments for political gain, while calling on traditional rulers to strengthen reconciliation and dialogue. The APC chairman proposed what he called a “Nigerian Covenant for Coexistence”, involving religious leaders, political leaders, traditional institutions, civil society organisations and citizens in a shared commitment to reject violence, hate speech, religious intolerance and the politicisation of identity. Sultan urged Nigerians to stop insulting and demonising one another, stressing that all human beings were created equal by God. Sarki warned that public utterances by religious leaders carried significant weight and that derogatory statements about fellow citizens could undermine religious harmony. The scholar urged Jingir and other religious leaders to act as unifying elders and statesmen rather than political partisans.