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.

Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Funke Adedoyin     Valsolar Consultoria     Ahmad Lawan     Laduba     Kanu Agabi     Ayedun     Saka Onimago     Emmanuel Bello     Ojo Fadumila     ASUU     Abdulkarim Adisa     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Bello John Olanrewaju     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ibrahim Abiodun     Funmilayo Mohammed     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Sulyman Buhari     Sobi Hill     Fareedah Dankaka     Democracy Day     Suleman Abubakar     Logun     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Pakata     Facebook     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Post Utme     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Ojuekun     Harmony Holdings     SDP     Kale Ayo     Shaaba Lafiagi     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Ben Duntoye     Oyedepo     Dogara     Ubandawaki     Jide Ashonibare     Fawenu     Sanitation Exercise     Laboratory-to-Product     Moro     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Kwasu     Centre For Digital Economy     Chief Of Staff     Nigeria Customs Service     Lanre Aremu     Nurudeen Muhammed     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Bamikole Omishore     Kayode Issa     Adisa Logun     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Olatunji Bamgbola     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Omotoso Musa     NFAI     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Yoonus Lawal     Iliasu     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Moremi High School     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Federal Road Maintenance Agency    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alore     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     CCB     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Segun Olawoyin     Sobi FM     Ojuekun     Arca Santa     Adeola Abraham     Baba Issa     Ajuloopin     YAKOOYO     Magaji Nda     Bank Of Industry     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Minister     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Gani Saadu     JUSUN     College Of Health     Ganmo     Oloye     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Yahaya Muhammad     Ladi Hassan     Muhammadu Gobir     Doyin Awoyale     Muhammadu Buhari     Curfew     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Nigerian Correctional Service     Minimum Wage     Ojo Fadumila     Issa Baba     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Kumbi Titilope     Al-Adaby     EndSARS     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Balogun Fulani     Temitope Ogunbanke     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Local Government Pension Board     Wahab Abayawo     Saeedat Aliyu     Labaeka     Sulyman Tejidini     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Adegoke Bamidele     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Oke Sunna     Oko     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Moses Rahman Popoola     Alao Ayotunde     Olatunde Jare     Baba-Isale     Salaudeen Oyewale     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Nigeria Computer Society     CCT     Magaji Are     Kwara Apc     Ilorin Like-Minds     Pius Abioje     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Saliu Tunde Bello     Rasaq Jimoh     CLAY POT     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Ali Ahmad     Olomu     UNILORIN Alumni     Mustapha Akanbi     Solomon Edojah