Accolades as AbdulRazaq wins another first in Kwara

Date: 2019-06-04

Easygoing Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq won another first on Tuesday, arriving the Eid prayer ground nearly one hour before the Emir of Ilorin.

Government House sources said AbdulRazaq's action was a first in the recent political history of Kwara State where his predecessors always arrived the Eid long after the emir and the Imam had been seated.

"He considers himself first and foremost a worshipper who had come to pray behind not just the Imam but also the Emir who is the leader of the faithfuls," according to one of the sources.

"That singular action has gone down in history as a deliberate effort to restore the Islamic tradition of not keeping the religious leaders, especially the emir, waiting at such gatherings."

AbdulRazaq arrived the mosque at least one hour before the prayer commenced, patiently listening to various recitations of the Qur'an and eulogy of the Prophet -- a feature of Eid prayers in Ilorin and other Islamic centres.

Many worshippers said the Governor's action was a "very laudable first" as late arrivals of his predecessors had always disrupted the religious gathering owing to heavy security operatives who would have to get the governor through thousands of worshippers.

"We hope to see the governor continue this humble practice. People prayed without being molested. For the first time, people listened to all the recitations without having them disrupted by chaotic arrival of their Governor as was the case in the past," Saheed Mustapha, a worshipper, said.

"He behaved like a typical well-behaved person. It is really a sweet departure from the ugly past which made many people to dislike his predecessors. This is because their late arrivals on account of some protocols always disrupted our programmes."

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kunle Okeowo     Magaji Are     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Gbenga Awoyale     Alapansapa     National Broadcasting Commission     NAWOJ     Radio Kwara     United Nigeria Congress Party     Eghe Igbinehi     Olupako Of Share     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Rapheal Ashaolu     Sobi     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Ahmed Bayero     Ajayi Okasanmi     Kwara NIPR     Ado Bayero     Lotus Bank     Goodluck Jonathan     RTEAN     Young Progressives Party     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Tinubu     All Peoples Party     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Toyosi Thomas     Matthew Okedare     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Dele Momodu     Salman Jawondo     Christopher Ayeni     Sai Kayi     Sardauna     Umaru Saro     Alabe     Convocation Ceremonies     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Quarry Royal Valley     Undergraduate Bursary     Apado     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Noah Yusuf     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     KSIRS     Apaola     ITEM 7     Lucky Omoluwa     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Tafidan Kaiama     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Local Government Pension Board     Rasheed Jimoh     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Halimat Yusuf     Taofeek Sanusi     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Henry Makinwa     Logun     Bamidele Aluko     Kayode Bankole     11th Galadima     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Sheriff Shagaya     Akume     Balogun-Ojomu     Mike Omotosho    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bayer Nigeria Limited     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Jaiz Bank     Ayobami Seriki     Kwara 2019     CACOVID Palliatives     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     SUBEB     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Mohammed Yisa     Laolu Saraki     Ilorin Curfew     Zaratu Umar     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Mahe Abdulkadir     Budo-Egba     CT Ayeni     Eruku     Edret Sabi Abel     Isapa     Ben Duntoye     Maigida Soludero Transit     Ekweremadu     Ibrahim Oniye     Shaaba Lafiagi     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Okin Biscuit     Rafiu Olasile     Halimat Yusuf     Amusa Bello     Garba Ayodele Wahab     GAMA     Iyabo Adewuyi     Buhari     KWIRS     Alore     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Rasaq Jimoh     Shade Omoniyi     Labour Party     Gbenga Adebayo     General Hospital     Hauwa Nuru     Femi Ogunsola     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Kehinde Baale     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Timothy Akangbe     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Kwara State Fire Service     Vasolar     Jamiu Oyawoye     Joseph Bamigboye     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Offa     Islamic Development Bank     Muslim Cementary     Sun Qing Rong     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Tsaragi/Share     Idowu Aremu     Dele Momodu     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Saliu Alamoyo     Garment Factory     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Okin Malt     UNIFEMGA     Olatinwo     Share     Ibrahim Taiwo     UTME     Salihu Ajia     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo