Kwara Constitutes 12-Person Inter-Religious Council

Date: 2022-02-15

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).

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Femtech     Saliu Tunde Bello     Bashir Badawi     Sadiq Umar     Sarah Jubril     GANZY     Elese Of Igbaja     Face Masks     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Oba Abu     Samari     Orisun Igbomina     Sango-UITH Road     Ifelodun     Sarkin Malamai     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Oluronke Adeyemi     Saidu Yaro Musa     Ebola     Tope Daramola     Oloyede     11th Galadima     Adanla-Irese     Bolakale Saka     Vasolar Consultoria     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Abdulwaheed Musa     Olushola Saraki     KWSIEC     Kayode Zubair     Okiki     Olaosebikan     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Senate     Zulu Gambari     Siraj Oyewale     Abubakar Ndakene     Ilorin Amusement Park     Jide Oyinloye     Ayedun     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Ojo Isekuse     Charles Ibitoye     Mohammed Haruna     Albert Ogunsola     Joseph Offorjama     Sabi     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Ahmed Alhasssan     Ayinde Oyepitan     Gwanara     Ado Bayero     Binta Abubakar-Mora     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Fatimoh Lawal     Jimba Babatunde     Kwara University Of Education     Ajakaye     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Shaaba Lafiagi     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Umar Yakubu Jaja     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Yekini Adio     Kwara State Government     Jelili Yusuf     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Okin Biscuit     Yomi Adeboye     Balogin Alanamu     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alao Ayotunde     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ijagbo     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Ronke Adeyemi     LABTOP     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Maryam Nurudeen     Okin Biscuits     Ayekale     Ayobami Seriki     Samuel Adedoyin     Bahago     Yusuf Lawal     Kwha.gov.ng     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Taofeeq Olateju     Plat Technologies     Aliyu Muhammed     Kwara State Government     Zainab Abass     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Tunji Olawuyi     Kaiama     Goodluck Jonathan     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Minimum Wage     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Saidu Kawu     Gabriel Fashanu     Zulu Gambari     GRA     Olatunji Ayeni     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Al-Hikmah University     Akanji     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Turaki Of Ilorin     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Oke-Kura     Alagbado     Ilorin Central Mosque     Ayobami Akanbi     Otuka     Turaki     Sheikh Alimi     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Sulu Gambari     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     United Nigeria Congress Party     NIRSAL     Imam Gambari     Wole Oke     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Jare Olatundun     Tinubu     Afonja     Niyi Osundare     SWAN     Congress For National Consensus     Vasolar     Ijakadi     Ebola     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Orisun Igbomina     Elerinjare     Yemi Osinbajo     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     International Aviation College     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Kwasu     Habeeb Saidu