Injustice, lack of home training fuelling insecurity – Clerics

The imam of Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Kaduna Branch, Alhaji Hussain Makanjuola, has attributed Nigeria’s worsening insecurity to injustice. Makanjuola stated this during the society’s annual Ramadan lecture in Kaduna. He said the country’s security challenge had persisted because the leadership of the country was reluctant to wield the big stick against the terrorists. The […]

The imam of Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Kaduna Branch, Alhaji Hussain Makanjuola, has attributed Nigeria’s worsening insecurity to injustice.

Makanjuola stated this during the society’s annual Ramadan lecture in Kaduna.

He said the country’s security challenge had persisted because the leadership of the country was reluctant to wield the big stick against the terrorists.

The cleric said, “The leaders should know that Allah will ask them how they ruled Nigeria on the day of judgement. Therefore, the leaders must be just. If there is injustice in a country, there cannot be peace.”

Meanwhile, another cleric, Sheik Shakirullah Badewa, blamed the country’s acute insecurity on the lack of home training and proper child upbringing on the part of the parents.

Badewa, who is the imam of Islamic Da’wah Group, Abuja, stated this at the 15th annual Ramadan lecture/iftar programme of the Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA), Abuja chapter.

He said, “Most security challenges bedevilling Nigeria today start from our homes. A child who lacks proper home training and upbringing will not contribute anything meaningful to the community because you cannot give what you don’t have. A bad home will breed a bad society while a bad society will breed a bad nation.

“The way out of our security problem is from the grassroots because the people who are perpetrating evil and heinous acts today are among us. It is time to correct the ills of society and promote justice. Our mothers have great roles to play in the lives of their children. We need a change of system and attitude to restore sanity into the polity and come back to Almighty Allah for solutions.”

From Maryam Ahmadu-Suka (Kaduna) & Abbas Jimoh (Abuja)