Muslims charged on positive attitude towards entrepreneurship

An Economist, Dr. Abdul Rauf Babalola, has advised Muslims to demonstrate positive attitude towards entrepreneurship as a panacea to present economic challenges. He gave the advice in Abuja, at the quarterly economic empowerment clinic jointly organized by the Abuja chapters of Organization of Tadhamunul Muslimeen (OTM) and The Muslim Congress (TMC). According to Babalola, statistics […]

An Economist, Dr. Abdul Rauf Babalola, has advised Muslims to demonstrate positive attitude towards entrepreneurship as a panacea to present economic challenges.

He gave the advice in Abuja, at the quarterly economic empowerment clinic jointly organized by the Abuja chapters of Organization of Tadhamunul Muslimeen (OTM) and The Muslim Congress (TMC).

According to Babalola, statistics had consistently placed the Muslim population atop the poverty ranking chart in the country, a predicament, he said, was occasioned by their over-reliance on paid employments.

He, therefore, charged adherents of the Islamic faith to embrace entrepreneurship individually and in groups to significantly improve their economic fortunes.

He also counseled them to always maximize opportunities around them in the area of satisfying needs to sell and make profits. The coordinator of the joint forum of both organisations in Abuja, Ustaz Alli Abdul Salam, noted that the Islamic faith was all-encompassing and had specifically enjoined Muslims to seek legitimate means of economic sustenance in accordance with the principles laid down in the shariah.