Ramadan: Forum urges diplomacy to handle agitations

The Federal Government has been urged to handle the separatists’ calls and agitations across the country with dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the crisis.

This is contained in the communiqué of the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’iqamatis Sunnah, (JIBWIS), National

The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has called on Muslims in the state to shun utterances and actions that encourage strife and violence, assuring them that their lives and property are safe in the state.

The governor who gave the

The Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFUND), has given the University of Jos an award letter of N729million for the renovation of the burnt library complex, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sebastian Seddi Maimako has said. Headquarters Jos, FCT Chapter, at the end of its annual Ramadan Tafsir (Qur’an exegesis) programme.

The communiqué signed by Adamu Bawa Chinade also urged the government to decisively deal with the incessant kidnapping and other criminalities along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway.

“Individuals and highly placed people in the society should assurance while hosting members of the Muslim community at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, ahead of the Eid-el-fitri celebrations, urged them to tow the path of peaceful co-existence.

He said the event was targeted at demonstrating his belief and friendly disposition with Muslims in the state that Nigerians should be free to live and do business anywhere

The building was burnt on October 8 last year. The library was housing about 60 per cent of the university’s collections of about 100,000 volumes, as well as computers and offices of two faculties and several departments all of which were lost in the fire.

Prof Maimako in a press briefing to mark his one year in office told journalists that about 70 desist from making inflammatory statements and hate utterances capable of breaching the peace of the nation as it happens now in some sections of the country,” the communiqué said.

The forum also urged the federal government to put palliative measures in place to alleviate the current economic hardship experienced by Nigerians.

Obiano urges Muslims to shun divisive utterances

in the country without fear of illtreatment or discrimination.

The Leader of the Muslim Community in the state and State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Mr Sule Momodu, said the governor has displayed his detribalized nature through his dealings with Muslims and assured him of their continuous support.

TETFund award N729m contract for burnt UniJos library

individuals and institutions had responded to the university’s call for assistance by donating books, journals, computers and cash.

He said the university principal officers at the time of the incident agreed to contribute N1 million each while directors and lecturers had also agreed to make contributions for the resuscitation of the library collections.