How Culture Can Assist Tackle Insecurity in Ilorin Emirate, Says Ex-FCC Director
A former Director at the Federal Character Commission, FCC, Mallam Abdulbaqi Jimoh, has identified the primary culture of the people of Ilorin Emirate as potent solution to the security challenges affecting the ancient Kwara town and its inhabitants.
He made this known at the 5th Ilorin Likeminds Foundation Annual General Meeting and Dinner.
While lamenting that the people of Ilorin Emirate have allowed their culture to ebbing away in an alarming rate, Mallam Jimoh, argued that since Ilorin Emirate is a microcosm of Nigeria as a nation, whatever challenges the nation has will naturally affect the Emirate.
“Therefore, the security challenges in Nigeria are being experienced in the Emirate as well. Topmost in the list of security challenges we have are kidnapping, ritual killings, Yahoo Yahoo, banditry, armed robbery, cultism, drug and raping,” he said.
Speaking on 'Ilorin Emirate's Culture and Security Challenges: Which way forward,' the former FCC Director, observed that most Ilorin Emirate's elites have abandoned the culture of communal existence, and embraced the eurocentric concept of individualism.
Jimoh said: “IEDPU should be mandated to discuss the issue of raising a trusted and pious prayer warriors, who can perform something akin to the Oke Suna prayer for the fortification of Ilorin Emirate in particular, and the state/Nigeria in general. This should not be a one off affair, probably once in a decade or even annually.
“The time is now, when we should all stand up and draw a blue print for the implementation of different solutions offered in different fora for the eradication of the insecurity biting hard into the social fabrics of our great ancient Ilorin Emirate, its environs and the state in general”.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Yahaya Seriki Gambari Mustapha Olanipekun Tosin Saraki Vasolar GGDSS Pakata Issa Oloruntogun Tunji Oyawoye Ogidi-Oloje Kunbi Titiloye Oke-Ode SSUCOEN Oja-Oba Minister NIRSAL Ali Ahmad Ibrahim Mashood Wasiu Onidugbe Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Elerin Of Adanla Yekeen Alabi CUTI Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Shehu Adaramaja Cornelius Adebayo All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development Arca Santa Oko-Erin Sabo-Oke Omoniyi Ayinla Hassanat Bello Kunle Suleiman Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro Overland Magaji Erubu Haleeman Salman Abdulmumini Jawondo Onilu Eghe Igbinehin Dorcas Afeniforo AbdulQowiy Olododo Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange Borgu Aliyu U. Tilde Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Mohammed Abduraheem Ibrahim Abikan IsDB Oro Grammar School Old Students Association Issa Manzuma Kazeem Adekanye Kayode Oyin Zubair Gamji Members Association Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita Lukman Adeloyin Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory Arinola Lawal Yashikira Monthly Sanitation Exercise Babatunde Ishola Babaita Sherif Shagaya Aliyu Muyideen Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Olatunji Bamgbola Adeleke Ogungbe 08001000100 Kola Adesina College Of Health Labaeka Post Utme SARS Olabanji Orilonishe Sherif Sagaya Abdulganiyu Oladosu

