IEDPU frowns at provocative advert
Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), the umbrella sociocultural organisation of the good people of Ilorin Emirate, has called on relevant authorities to ensure the swift removal of the offensive advertisement of an alcohol on the advertisement billboard along Offa Garage Road, Ilorin.
The Union, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Nurudeen Ibrahim, described the message contained in the advertisement of Trophy beer, which makes reference to Ilorin and its people, as clearly offensive; saying that the advertisement was deliberately planted to provoke the people of Ilorin Emirate.
The Union added that the advertisement is a liberty taken too far and that it should be swiftly removed in order to discourage resort to self-help from the concerned members of the community.
While insisting that advertisement of products that are at variance to the culture of a given community should always be discouraged in such a place, the statement said that the message on the billboard attaching alcohol to the people of Ilorin, who are predominantly Muslims, is a deliberate provocation to say the least.
The statement,therefore, appealed to the relevant government agencies to remove the advertisement and warned advertising agencies to be meticulous in their services as it appealed to the people of Ilorin Emirate to remain calm and peaceful while necessary actions are being taken.
Signed:
Mallam Nurudeen Ibrahim,
National Publicity Secretary,
Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union,
Thursday, June 1,2023.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Yomi Adeboye Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Bamikole Omishore Special Agro-Industrial Hub Aliyu Sabi Ijakadi COVID Taofik Mustapha Olota Of Odo-Owa Federal Allocation Igbaja Biliaminu Aliu Ilorin South Constituency IYA YUSUF Muazam Nayaya John Olajide Adedipe Ilesha Gwanara Road Eghe Igbinehi State Bureau Of Internal Revenue Mohammed Halidu Grillo Owo Arugbo Ahmad Uthman Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran NFAI Toyin Falola Olayinka Jelili Yusuf Ajidagba Special Adviser On Digital Innovation Agboola Abdulraheem Sadiq Umar Fatimah Abdulkadir Gani Saadu JUSUN Coalition Of Kwara North Groups Sunset Workers Vasolar Consortium Michael Nzwekwe Olajumoke Monsura Gafar Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan Olofa Of Offa Jide Oyinloye Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq Musa Alhassan Buge Offorjama Ilorin.Info Adewuyi Funmilayo Shaaba Lafiagi Kuliyan Geri Kale Bayero Abdulrazaq Solihudeen Idowu Aremu Emmanuel Bello Budo Egba David Adesina AGF Abdulrazaq Yusuf Lanre Badmas Arandun Kwara State Branch Of The National Library Mahee Abdulkadir GAMA Moses Adekanye Magaji Are Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng Ilorin Anchor Men And Women Funmi Salau Najim Yaasin Laolu Saraki Otuka Lanre Olosunde Abdullateef Abdussalam Olatunji Bamgbola Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu National Broadcasting Commission Ita-Nmo Market

