IEDPU Condemns Protest on Hijab in Ilorin Emirate

Date: 2021-03-06

The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has condemned the proposed protest being orchestrated by some recalcitrant residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on the concluded matter of the use of hijab by interested female Muslim students in public schools in the State.

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Imam, on behalf of the Union's National President, Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi, the IEDPU said that it was of the firm conviction that as an important stakeholder in the peaceful co-existence and progress of Kwara State, it must make its position on the planned protest very clear and unequivocal due to its potential to destabilise the stability and tranquillity of the entire state.

The Union described the proposed protest as a joke taken too far and an unnecessary display of ignorance laced with arrogance and ethnocentrism by those who are out to perpetuate tyranny and injustice. It urged those who are not comfortable with the position of the Kwara State Government to forward their grievances to the appropriate organs of government instead of resulting to illegality or self help,warning that any form of protest at this point in time could be hijacked by hoodlums and consequently turned into violence.

While appreciating the rights of anyone or group to express their grievances on any issue, the statement said that the people of Ilorin Emirate were very much unclear as to the necessity of the proposed protest despite the fact that the decision of the government on the matter was not at variance with common sense, the provision of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria and the universally applauded judgement of the Court of Appeal.

The Union called on the people and residents of the State to be wary of provocative actions and the attendant disruptions of peace and tranquillity of the State over what it called "a forgone issue", reminding those concerned that what was essential and expected of enlightened and responsible citizens was tolerance, cooperation and not a resort to anarchy or deviance of legitimate due rights of others.

The Union recalled the community's uncountable kind gestures,hospitality and several acts of cooperation as well as uncommon compromises granted those who have lived in their midst for several decades .

The IEDPU noted that the state government is currently tackling the security challenges brought about by the renewed skirmishes in some parts of the State, it therefore urged the Kwara State Government and the security agencies to ensure that no one or group is allowed to further threaten the fragile peace of the "State of Harmony" for selfish reasons.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwabes     Abdulkarim Adisa     Tafidan Kaiama     Kwara 2015     Amusement Park     Ahmed Bayero     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     TIC     Presidential Election     GAMA     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Idi-Ape     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Abubakar Atiku     Saliu Mustapha     Yakub Lai Gobir     Iponrin     SSA Youth Engagement     Ishaq Salman     Ilorin South Constituency     Kola Shittu     Bluenile Associates     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     LABTOP     Age AbdulKareem     A.O. Belgore     Garment Factory     Jalala     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Bello Abubakar     Bashir Badawi     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Abegunde Goke     Igbaja     Alfa Yahaya Road     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Rapheal Ashaolu     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Raji AbdulRasaq     Muhammed Akanbi     Segun Adeniyi     Makama Of Kaiama     Adedeji Onimago     Popo-Igbonna     John Obuh     Sobi     Olabimpe Olani     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Malete     Sardauna     Muazam Nayaya     Oloje     LAK Jimoh     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Gurei     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Okin Malt     Patigi Regatta     Dasuki Belgore     Ojuekun     Saba Jibril     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Jawondo     Abubakar Baba     Muritala Olarewaju     Ijagbo Health Centre     Christopher Odetunde     JUSUN     Moro     Samuel Adedoyin     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Musibau Akanji     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Kolawole Akande    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Dorcas Afeniforo     Yahaya Muhammad     Ramadan     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Apaola     Ifelodun     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Gaa Olobi     Shonga Farm Project     Mamatu Abdullahi     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Kwara Poly     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Suleiman Abubakar     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     CKNG     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Quranic Recitation Competition     Olawuyi     Owode Market     Lawal Olohungbebe     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Gbenga Olawepo     Abubakar Lah     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Isiaka Alikinla     Ilorin.Info     Gbugbu     Ita-Ore     Al-Ilory     Bola Olukoju     Ebola     Grillo     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Mazars Consulting     Abubakar Usman Jos     Ita-Nmo Market     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     CACOVID     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Mike Omotosho     Yekini Adio     KWTV     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Akanbi-Oke     UNILORIN Alumni     SSA Youth Engagement     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     SGBN     Umar Sanda Yusuf     New Naira Notes     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Dauda Adesola     NAWOJ     Lukman Adeloyin     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Vasolar Consultoria     GRA     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Doyin Agbamu     Yekeen Alabi     George Innih     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Kwara State Fire Service     Boko Haram     IYA ALFA NLA