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.

IDPU     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Nnazua     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     ASUU     Stephen Fasakin     HYPPADEC     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Jaigbade Alao     Hassan A. Saliu     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Maigidasanma     Usman Alkali Baba     Atunwa     Metro Park     Bilikisu Gambari     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Assayomo     Abioye Bello     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Durosinlohun Kawu     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Apaola     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Salihu Ajia     Moro     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     EFCC     Tope Daramola     Kwara Basketball Association     Sidikat Akaje     Maigida Soludero Transit     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Transition Implementation Committee     Sambo Murtala     Erubu Oba Zubair     Saba Jibril     AbdulHamid Adi     Oyun     Yakubu Danladi     Omu Aran     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Atiku Abubakar     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Falokun-Oja     Kamaldeen Gambari     Hausa     Ibrahim Mashood     Owu Fall     RTEAN     FERMA     KwaraLearn     Babata     Orire     Taiwo Joseph     Segun Olawoyin     Alore     Ilorin South Constituency     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Tsado Manman     Magaji Are     Okasanmi Ajayi     Alliance For Democracy     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Apaokagi     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Babaita     Ariyo     Arik     JUSUN     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Mahee Abdulkadir     Kwara State Football Association     Abdulwaheed Musa     International Vocational Centre    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Awoye     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Kale Kawu     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Nigerian Army     Zaratu Umar     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Femi Agbaje     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Halimah Perogi     Oni Adebayo     Eleyele     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Awwal Jawondo     Samari     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Lithium Deposit     Amuda Bembe     Idris Garba     2023 Elections     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Ope Saraki     Adedipe     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Kisra     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Kwara South     Unilorin     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Bilikis Oladimeji     Olohungbebe     Oko-Olowo     Opobiyi     NNPP     Abraysports FC     Abdulrauf Yusuf     YAKOOYO     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Share-Tsaragi     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Yomi Ogunsola     Lucky Omoluwa     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Just Law Forum     Ilofa     Aminat Omodara     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Joseph Offorjama     Adamu B. Yaqubu     KWATMA     Abioye Bello     Lateef Fagbemi     HICA     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Turaki     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Ubandoma     Doyin Group     Deji Ajani     Kunbi Titiloye     3MTT     Ilorin West     Centre For Digital Economy     Ayinde Oyepitan     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     UITH     Tuesday Assayomo     Donatus Ejidike     Ajasse-Ipo     NTA Ilorin