Hijra holiday: Stakeholders carpet critics of Kwara government

Date: 2023-07-26

Muslims stakeholders in Kwara state have condemned critics of the government's declaration of 1st Muharram 1445(Hijrah) as work-free day in the state.

The chairman of the group, Alh Is-haq Abdul-Karim, during a media parley in Ilorin the state capital, declared the criticism from Prof Funmilayo Adesanya – Davies as baseless.

He wondered what concerned Adesanya- Davies about a public holiday declared for Muslims who have endured the imposition of 1st January as a public holiday by the colonial masters in Nigeria for more than 63 years.

He described the comments of Adesanya- Davies on the matter as a sign of religious intolerance.

Abdulkarim reminded the scholar of the fact that Oyo and Ogun states headed by Christian governors had earlier declared 1st Muharram of this year as work-free day in their states.

“This is in addition to similar declarations across Nigeria, including Osun state,” he added.

On Adesanya-Davies' call for return of Kwara schools to missions, AbdulKarim recalled that the matter was taken to court by Kwara state CAN since 2013 which they lost at the Ilorin High Court by the judgement of 2016 and also lost their appeal at the Court of Appeal in 2019.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Boko Haram     TESCOM     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Taofik Mustapha     Leke Ogungbe     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     International Aviation College     Kuliyan Geri     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Niyi Osundare     Allocation     Jimba Babatunde     Modupe Oluwole     Sunday Otokiti     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Yusuf Mubarak     Metro Park     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Danhawa     Ajidagba     Baba Issa     Rafiu Olasile     Yemi Osinbajo     IDPU     Orire     Jaigbade Alao     Taofeek Sanusi     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Sabo-Oke     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Damilola Yusuf     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Jumoke Gafar     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Funmilayo Oniwa     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Adebara     Ebola     Saidu Yaro Musa     Folorunsho Erubu     Alabi Lawal     Saidu Isa     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Rapheal Ashaolu     Ilorin     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Alabere     New Model Police Station     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     UITH     Kannike     Kwara State Sports Commission     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Henry Makinwa     Odo-Owa     Muazam Nayaya     Abdulkareem Alabi     David Oyedepo     Age AbdulKareem     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     National Information Technology Development Agency     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Labour Party     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Taiwo Joseph     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     TIIDELab     Nagode     Women Radio     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Khairat Gwadabe    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ike Ekweremadu     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Kunle Okeowo     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Omotoso Musa     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Galland Marcias     John Mayokun Dada     Yahaya Oloriegbe     3MTT     NaAllah     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Oke Sunna     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Tafida Of Kaiama     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Baboko Primary School     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Budo Egba     Waheed Ibrahim     Tafida Of Ilorin     Elewu     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Shuaib Olarongbe     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Abdulraufu Mustapha     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     AbdulRauf Keji     Code Of Conduct     Kwara 2015     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     The Herald     Oke-Oyi     Oniyangi     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Just Event Online     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Isiaka Alikinla     Teachers Specific Allowance     Adedipe     Bankole Omisore     Ahmad Ali     Yeketi     Funmilayo Mohammed     Ahmad Lawan     John Olobayo     Saka Aleshinloye     Bayo Onimago     Ballah     Khairat Gwadabe     Olosi Of Osi     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Adeleke Ogungbe     Amina El-Imam     Olabimpe Olani     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     A.E. Afolabi     Alabi Lawal     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Bolaji Abdullahi     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Lanre Badmas     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Saheed Akinwumi     Adamu Attah     Isiaka Danmeromu     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Siraj Oyewale     T And K FOODS     David Adesina     Saliu Mustapha     Abdulazeez Arowona