Southwest Muslim leaders have assured President Bola Tinubu of their unshaken support for his administration, even as they praised him for his courage in tackling social and economic malaise that has for long held the country.
The promise of support was made Thursday in Osogbo by the president of the Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria, MUSWEN, Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, at a World Press Conference to announce the association’s General Assembly coming up this Sunday at the Bola Babalakin Hall, Gbongan, Osun State.
MUSWEN also described the recent designation of Nigeria as a country of Particular Concern’ as unfortunate and misplaced, especially as the nation is regaining credibility across the world.
This is even as the organisation asserted that there was no religious war or Christian genocide in Nigeria, saying both Christians and Muslims equally suffer onslaught by terrorists and other bandits in the insecurity situation that had gripped the country in the last decade.
“We thank God that many better known Christian leaders, with members scattered in all nooks and crannies of Nigeria have come out to strongly debunk this claim of genocide as a lie from the pit of hell.
“Whatever might be the motive of President Trump and his unpatriotic Nigerian cohorts who go to feed him with lies, we know only Allah is great and we stand with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in every step Almighty Allah guides him to take,” Alhaji Oladejo said.
The MUSWEN president announced that President Bola Tinubu would be the Father of the Day at the MUSWEN summit, while the Chief Host is the Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, with other governors of the South West as co-hosts on the occasion.
According to Alhaji Oladejo, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, who is the President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, will be the Special Guest of Honour at the event.
He unveiled the theme of the MUSWEN 10th General Assembly: “Nigeria’s Economy: Any Hope for the Masses”, with the Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule as the keynote speaker.
Alhaji Oladejo hinted that the 10th MUSWEN General Assembly would serve as avenue for the fund raising of N2 billion, aimed at economic empowerment of Muslims in the South West.
“Scholarships/Bursary awards, specialised training in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Data Informatics to make youths employable,” Oladejo said.
The MUSWEN president stressed that the fund would also be expended on construction of a modern headquarters secretariat building at Agodi, GRA, Ibadan.
“MUSWEN plans to provide health care facilities with the state-of-the-art medical diagnostics and other infrastructures for the benefit of the Muslim Ummah across South West, as contained in MUSWEN strategic plan 2019-2030,” he stated.
Alhaji Oladejo commended President Bola Tinubu for his bold economic reforms, which have attracted global investors.
“Federal government should be commended for its efforts at poverty reduction and improvement in primary healthcare delivery,” MUSWEN said.
He urged the government to promote inclusivity for adequate representation and participation of all groups in decision making processes.
Alhaji Oladejo also called for a rejig of the nation’s security architecture with continuous training of security agents to be professional and responsive to diverse communities.
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