• Urge Makinde not to abuse power
• Kick against DSS invitation of MURIC director, Akintola
• Baptist Convention expresses concern over poor economy, insecurity, others
A Group, the Concerned Yoruba Muslim Scholars (CYMS) in Nigeria, yesterday, urged Muslim adherents to reject candidates that would deny them their fundamental human rights during the general elections.
It urged Muslims to reject candidates who would discriminate against them during the 2023 general elections.
The scholars made the call, while addressing journalists at the premises of Ibadan Central Mosque in Oja-Oba area of Ibadan.
Secretary General of the group, Prof. Abideen Olaiya, who addressed journalists on behalf of President-General, Shaykh Abdur-Rasheed Mayaleke, condemned the purported invitation of the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Prof. Ishaq Lakin Akintola, by someone claiming to be calling from the Ibadan office of the Department of State Services (DSS) over a press statement criticising the government of Oyo State for allegedly infringing on the rights of Muslim students.
The group advised the DSS to be professional in its dealings and understand that religious matters are very sensitive and volatile.
In another development, the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), yesterday, urged the Federal Government to take decisive action to address the challenges of economy, migration of young Nigerians overseas and insecurity in the country.
President of the Convention, Rev. (Dr.) Israel Akanji, in a statement, tagged: “Press release on the New Year for Nigeria,” expressed optimism that the sorrow of insecurity, terrorism, economic depression, social vices and religious bigotry would eventually be averted.
Akanji stated this, yesterday, in a statement tagged: “Press release on the New Year for Nigeria, while praying that the country should never experience what happened at the time of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
He said that the government should ensure job availability for the unemployed graduates for the future of the nation to be preserved.
The cleric said that experienced professionals had deserted the hospitals owing to poor remuneration.
Akanji maintained that the church had been committed to prayers for the general elections next month, urging the people to exercise their civic responsibilities.
