The National Council of Muslims Youths(NACOMYO),Ekiti State chapter has commended the Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on House of representatives Matters, Honourable Kunle Ibrahim for empowering youths across the 16 Local Government areas of the state.
The NACOMYO coordinator,ALHAJI MUDASIRU OLADELE YUSUF gave the commendation during this year’s HIJRAH LECTURE HELD ON YAOMUL-AHAD 5TH MUHARAM, 1445 A.H at the PAVILION, FAJUYI ADO-EKITI.
He disclosed that Hon Ibrahim ensured that atleast one candidate from the sixteen local government areas of the state were captured in his emoiwernrnt scheme.
The Muslim youths leader who described the gesture as reflection of his love for his people urged him not to relent.
Alhaji Yusuf equally used the occasion to appreciate governor Biodun Oyebanji for the ongoing development projects in the state .
“Your Excellency, we still believe and rely on your promises during the electioneering campaign and different fora that the Muslims will be treated better in your administration and be better positioned on political appointments. We equally want to use medium to request a declaration of holiday on the exact date of the Hijrah like the neighboring states so that this program will be held on such date.
“The similitude of those who spend their wealth in God’s way is as that of a grain which grows seven ears, in each ear a hundred grains. God gives increase manifold to whom He wills”02:26”
“Muslims inter community and inter faith relations, security, safety, law and order among the creations of Allah, hence, Muslims should work for moral, material and goodness of the society.
According to him ” Hijrah was the journey of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and his followers from Mecca to Medina. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar Hijra and Solar Hijrah calendars.
“The migration of Muhammad and his followers to the nearby town of Yathrib, (Later known as Medina) where the people there accepted Islam, mark Hijrah and the beginning of the Islamic calendar. Muslims choose Hijrah as the focal point to reckon their chronology. In physical terms, it marked the beginning of an era, a civilization, a cultural and a history for the whole mankind.
“Hijrah established brotherly relations, the Muslims and non Muslims inter community and inter faith relations, security, safety, law and order among the creations of Allah, hence, Muslims should work for moral, material and goodness of the society ” he said .