The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Isiaq Oloyede, has warned adherents of Islamic faith in the South West against engaging in any activity that could undermine the authority of the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad, as leader of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).
Oloyede, who is also the Secretary-General of the Council, gave this warning at the special Ramadan Tafsir and Iftar in honour of the late parents of the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Kunle Salako, held in Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The JAMB Registrar said that Muslims in the country are one and operate under the umbrella of NSCIA, headed by the Sultan of Sokoto.
Oloyede noted that subverting the leadership of the monarch by some section of Muslims in the South West would not augur well for unity among adherents of the Islamic faith in the country.
He recalled that all Muslims in the country unanimously agreed on the choice of the Sultan of Sokoto as their leader, urging Muslims in the South Western region not to bring up dissenting issues that are capable of causing friction between them and their northern counterparts.
However, the NSCIA’s Secretary General charged Nigerian Muslims to unite based on Quranic injunctions and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.
Oloyede commended Salako for organising the event and for his steadfastness and intellectual contribution to the NSCIA, describing him as a source of pride for his community and Islam.
The Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammed Ali Pate, who represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the event, urged Salako and his family to emulate their parents’ good deeds.
The president also prayed for divine enablement for the family to stay on the good path their late parents laid while alive.
In his lecture, the guest lecturer, Professor Saheed Olurotimi Timehin from Lagos State University (LASU), lauded the Minister of State for Health for organising the programme to honour his late parents, especially in the Holy Month of Ramadan.
He equally called for unity among Muslims and admonished them to be good to everyone, irrespective of their religious beliefs, by the teachings of the Holy Prophet.
