Cleric links injustice, bad governance to crisis in Nigeria
Injustice and bad governance have been identified as factors responsible for the lingering killings and crisis in the country. Executive Director, The Just In Foundation, Imam Fuad Adeyemi, disclosed this during a sensitization programme tagged ‘the training of trainers’ for imams and Islamic scholars in Kaduna over the weekend. “Religious leaders should see themselves as […]
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Injustice and bad governance have been identified as factors responsible for the lingering killings and crisis in the country.
Executive Director, The Just In Foundation, Imam Fuad Adeyemi, disclosed this during a sensitization programme tagged ‘the training of trainers’ for imams and Islamic scholars in Kaduna over the weekend.
“Religious leaders should see themselves as key players in the struggle towards ensuring that the Nigerian society is free of corruption,” he said.
He urged religious leaders to ensure they are guided while communicating to their followers especially at a time that the country is preparing for another round of elections.
He added, “The advocacy should be that the youth should not collect a bag of rice or N1000 in exchange of their future.”
He further called on politicians to always deliver on their electioneering campaign promises made to the electorates.
In his goodwill message, the Chief Imam of Wuse Central Mosque, Abuja, Sheikh Tajudeen Adigun said any nation that its leaders are involved in corruption will never witnessed peace.
“Islam frowns at corruption, the penalty of those involved in corruption can lead to death, because they have killed others and ICPC, EFCC we have little to achieve in the fight against corruption without an inclusive policy that encourages the participation of the religious leaders,” Imam Adigun said.