Kwara Constitutes 12-Person Inter-Religious Council
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has constituted a 12-member Inter-Religious Council (IREC) comprising elder statesmen, women and clergies drawn from the Muslim and Christian communities in the state.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the council, an advisory body, is to promote religious interaction, understanding and harmony between the two principal faith, communities in the state.
It is recalled that controversy over the use of hijab (headgear) among public school children in Kwara State again resurfaced a few weeks ago as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Kwara State Muslim Stakeholders and the state government engage in claims and counterclaims over the issue.
Same crisis brewed between March/April 2021 within the Ilorin metropolis, culminating into the vandalization of churches and mosque, while many casualties were also recorded.
A few weeks ago, crisis erupted in Oyun Baptist High School (OBHS) and other mission schools in Oyun and Offa local government areas in the state as teachers in the schools reportedly sent away hijab-wearing female students, just as the state government reaffirmed the use of hijab by willing Muslim schoolgirls in all categories of public schools in the state.
The chairman of the IREC is the Emir of Shonga and renowned peace advocate, Dr Haliru Yahya Ndanusa. Other members are former Grand Khadi, Justice Idris Haroon; Justice Olatunji Bamgbola; Special Assistant to the Governor on Religion (Islam) Zubair Ibrahim Dan Maigoro; soon-to-be-named Special Assistant to the Governor on Religion (Christianity); former Commissioner of Education and FOMWAN leader Hajia Halimat Yusuf; former Permanent Secretary Dr Mrs Rhoda Ajiboye; Dr Soburu Alaaya; Venerable Moses Lasisi Abegunde; Professor Mrs Feyi Grace Adepoju; Elder Stephen Wole Oke; and director Ministry of Special Duties, Ishola Maryam Idowu (Secretary).
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Kwara University Of Education Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq Omoniyi M. Ayinla Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi Offa Poly Abiodun Abdulkareem Old Oyo Muhammadu Buhari Jalala Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency SSA Youth Engagement Yahaya Seriki Ibrahim Oniye Bayer Nigeria Limited Mutawali Of Ilorin Dan Iya Of Ilorin Budo-Egba UTME Kabir Shagaya Sobi FM Lanre Aremu Tunji Olawuyi Ahmad Ali Seni Saraki Women Radio Olaiya Zuberu Issa Oloruntogun Jamila Bio Ibrahim Kamaldeen Ajibade AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro Harafat E. Mukadam Riskat Opakunle AbdulRauf Keji Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah Saadu Yusuf Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike Idowu Laro Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Abdulraheem Olesin Communication Network Support Services Prince Sunday Fagbemi Computer Based Test Alfa Belgore Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Yakub Lai Gobir Marufat Oladosu Mohammed Saidu Boko Haram Abdulrazaq Magaji Fatima Abolore Jimoh Oba Abdulraheem Albert Ogunsola Neuropsychiatric Hospital ER-KANG National Pilot Umar Yakubu Jaja Arca Santa Toyin Olayinka Tejidini Ronke Adeyemi Mope Dasuki Belgore Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi Bamidele Aluko College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies Maigida Bankole Omishore Salihu Alhaji Musa Lawal Arinola Kudirat Bolaji Aladie Joana Nnazua Kolo Garment Factory Bola Ahmed Tinubu Balogun-Ojomu Eghe Igbinehi Bola Tinubu

