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.

Gobirawa     TVC Female National Debate     Olaiya Lawal     IsDB     Olosi Of Osi     Public Holiday     Lateef Alagbonsi     Amusement Park     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Valsolar Consultoria     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Alagbado     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Simeon Sayomi     Lanre Badmas     National Pilot     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Democracy Day     Okin Malt     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Mustapha Olanipekun     Ibrahim Jawondo     Gbajabiamila     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Village Alive Development Association     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Yoonus Lawal     Bello Bature     Jani Ibrahim     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Idi-Ape     Radio Kwara     Frootify     Oyelere Oyinloye     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Jide Ashonibare     Kemi Adeosun     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Laboratory-to-Product     Ayinde Oki     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Iyeru Grammar School     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Young Progressives Party     Adegoke Bamidele     Ilorin Curfew     Tosin Saraki     John Mayokun Dada     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Tafidan Kaiama     Awoye     Adesoye College     Olatunde Olukoya     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Olaitan Adefila     Sulyman Tejidini     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Sa\'adu Salau     Offa Poly     Ghali Alaaya     Laduba     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ballah     Abdullahi Samari     HICA     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     School Of Nursing     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Eleyele     Moremi High School     Aliyu Muyideen     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Iponrin     Gobirawa     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Funmilayo Zubair     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Medview Airlines     Ilorin General Hospital     KwaraLearn     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Olabimpe Olani     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Abubakar Suleiman     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Olusola Saraki     Emir Of Shonga     Maimunat Oniyangi     Tunde Akanbi     Yoonus Lawal     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Quranic Recitation Competition     Alapansapa     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Kunle Okeowo     Nagode     Afonja Descendants Union     Ilesha-Gwanara     IFK     Titus Ashaolu     Olatinwo     Hamidu Olowo     Muhammadu Buhari     Olawuyi     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     National Broadcasting Commission     Aliyu Adebayo     Oba-Solagberu     Dele Belgore     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Dan Iya     Gbemi Saraki     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Henry Olaosebikan     Oyin-Zubair     Makama Of Kaiama     Rebecca Bake     George Innih     Baakini     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Magaji Nda     Peculiar Allowance     Ibrahim Taiwo     3MTT     Lanre Badmus     Just Law Forum     Moro     Gbugbu     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Wasiu Onidugbe     Suleiman Mora Omar     Abdulkadir Orire     Overland     Ahmed Bayero     Kazeem Adekanye     Raymond Olaitan     Suleiman Ajadi     Idiagbon     Erubu     Balogun Fulani     Sola Saraki University     Makama Of Ilorin     Pakata     Kubra Kazum     Sam Onile     Ayobami Seriki     Abdulazeez Uthman     Tosho Yaqub     Zara Umar