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  • The unending ASUU – Oloyede war

    The unending ASUU – Oloyede war

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) still appears bitter with Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar Prof Ishaq Oloyede for the sacking of 49 University of Ilorin (Unilorin) teachers in 2001. Oloyede was Unilorin’s deputy vice chancellor (DVC) then. Following his appointment as JAMB Registrar last month, ASUU renewed its war against him. It accused him of nepotism and fraud while he was VC between 2007 and 2012. He denied it all. The university also defended Oloyede, accusing ASUU of bad belle. ADEGUNLE OLUGBAMILA and ADEKUNLE JIMOH (Ilorin) report the intigues surrounding the matter. 

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    Ever before Prof Ishaq Oloyede became Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had sworn never to have anything to do with him. Their squabble did not start today. It started over 15 years ago when Oloyede, who was then University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) deputy vice-chancellor (DVC), presided over the panel, which recommended the sacking of 49 teachers.  So, when he was invited to deliver the convocation lecture at the then embattled Lagos State University (LASU) last year, ASUU thwarted the arrangement.

    The ASUU, Oloyede rift dates back over 15 years when he was DVC, and Prof Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem as the Vice Chancellor (VC).

    In 2001, Oba Abdulraheem’s administration sacked 49 teachers for participating in an ASUU strike. Oloyede chaired the panel that recommended the firing of the lecturers led by the then Unilorin ASUU chairman, Dr Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju. When Oloyede succeeded Oba Abduraheem, ASUU expected him to right the wrongs of the past, but he did not.  Although ASUU suspended the local chapter of the union, Oloyede’s administration was said to have encouraged it.

    The union took Unilorin to court and won at the Supreme Court after a nine-year legal battle. ASUU accused Oloyede’s administration of not “fully” complying with the verdict and declared war against the then VC.

    When Oloyede was appointed JAMB Registrar last month, ASUU renewed its war against him. The union wondered why Oloyede was appointed to head such a sensitive agency despite what it called his anti union and draconian legacies while at Unilorin.

    At a briefing at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUCOM) in Ikeja, the union asked that Oloyede ‘s tenure at Unilorin be probed. The union vowed never to interact with him and not to allow him into any public universities where it has members.

    ASUU National President Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, who addressed reporters at LASUCOM, urged the government to investigate what he described as Oloyede’s tyrannical and nepotism tendencies.

    Said Ogunyemi: “Oloyede took nepotism to unprecedented heights as vice chancellor of Unilorin. The system was manipulated to employ his relatives.

    “In May 2012, Prof Oloyede as VC suddenly doubled the amount of pension being deducted from Unilorin staff under the pretext that deductions were not enough. This was in contravention of the Pension Reform Act which prescribed 7.5 per cent.”

    But, the university management described ASUU’s allegations as “bad belle”, saying it would not dignify the union by responding to those claims. However, the two unions in Unilorin- the suspended ASUU believe to be loyal to management, and the one inaugurated by ASUU national in April, are trading words  over Oloyede’s appointment.

    The faction led by Dr. Usman AbdulRaheem believed to have management’s ears, hailed Oloyede’s appointment as worthy and well deserved. He described ASUU national leadership’s position on Oloyede as “baseless, reckless and ill-conceived”.

    Abdulraheem said ASUU national was disillusioned, asking it to retrace its steps.

    He said: “What ASUU National Executive Committee (NEC) is lamenting is its serial failure to foist unpopular leadership on the branch. Majority of our members had insisted and still insist that ASUU NEC will continue to fail woefully and sulk until it embraces the elementary democratic principles in the election of leadership.

    “We advise the executive of the union to retrace its path to the dreams of our founding fathers- Mahmud Tukur, the late Festus Iyayi and Attahiru Jega and embrace democratic norms and meritocracy.

    “It is yet another evidence of the meddlesomeness of a union (leadership) that has lost track of the laid down objectives of its cherished founding fathers. Otherwise, what kind of reasoning will produce such an outburst over a well and widely acknowledged appointment?

    “The purging of Unilorin of anarchy, academic idiocy and laziness, which the ASUU NEC is grieving over, has yielded positive result in terms of academic productivity, integrity and stable calendar in Unilorin.

    “These have been widely acclaimed and appreciated by Nigerians and non-Nigerians. This feat has become the envy and goal of many higher institutions in Nigeria. Prof I.O. Oloyede’s achievements and antecedents in other areas are iconic, intimidating, as well as outstanding.”

    But the ASUU loyal to the national body kicked against Oloyede’s appointment.

    Its Chairman, Dr Kayode Afolayan, said: “ASUU UNILORIN aligns itself wholly with the statement made by ASUU president on the issue of Prof Oloyede. The branch is in agreement with the union’s publicied opposition to Oloyede’s appointment as JAMB Registrar and for the reasons stated.

    “This is not the first time that allegations of fraud, nepotism and having anti-workers tendencies have been raised against Prof Oloyede from within the University of Ilorin itself. The allegations were raised even while he was VC, but they were always suppressed by the powers that be within the university.

    “To the best of our knowledge, Prof Oloyede has not denied the statements himself. ASUU as a body does not make statements frivolously, so it is necessary that the man should defend himself.

    “Meanwhile, the public should discountenance any earlier statements in support of Prof. Oloyede purportedly made in the name of ASUU UNILORIN. These are persons whose supposed illegal tenure had been annulled by the National Industrial Court (NIC) as far back as 2013. But they have continued to occupy office because the impunity that goes on in Unilorin supports them.

    “The statements were made by pawns that were obviously planted there to perpetually sing the praises of the university administration and do the bidding of the powers that be in the university.”

    Speaking with The Nation on phone, Oloyede insisted that he would not dignify ASUU with a response.

    “I see this as distractions,” he said.

    “See, the man making the allegations have you ever heard his name in academic circles? I don’t allow people who are failures in their respective callings to distract me.

    “I don’t respond to such people. Search for scholars on google, you won’t find his name there. So, I do not respond to academic failures,” he said.

    Defending Oloyede, Unilorin management described ASUU’s allegations as lies, and smacking of envy.

    A statement by the institution’s Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, said management was shocked that ASUU could be raising such allegations against Oloyede whose appointment has been hailed by people.

    In a statement titled:  “ASUU’s bad belle on Prof. Oloyede’s appointment” Unilorin said: “It is baffling that despite the national applause elicited by the recent appointment of Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as JAMB Registrar any group, can still come out to oppose such highly commendable decision of President Muhammadu Buhari. Of all the appointments made so far by the Buhari administration that of Prof. Oloyede has been singled out as a veritable round peg in a round hole!

    “It is in this regard that the management of the University of Ilorin views the allegations levelled by ASUU against the person of our former vice-chancellor as not only spurious but also irritating, as it smacks of ‘bad belle‘. The allegations are mere tissues of falsehoods aimed at tarnishing the good image Prof. Oloyede has built for himself and the ‘better-by-far’ university. We would, therefore, not dignify the association with any response.

    “Oloyede’s tenure at the University of Ilorin (2007 – 2012) catapulted it to an institutional model for the Nigerian university system. During the period, Unilorin was ranked among the best in Africa. Also, during his tenure as Chairman of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCU), public universities in the country regained their voice and institutional autonomy got a remarkable boost.

    “Prof Oloyede’s trajectory is a study in service excellence, administrative acumen, and religious commitment to the achievement of set goals, and unapologetic insistence on fairness for all.

  • My appointment in JAMB divine, says Oloyede

    My appointment in JAMB divine, says Oloyede

    The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, yesterday described his appointment as divine.

    “I did not see this assignment coming, yet I consider my being here before you at this moment in history as divine.’’

    The new JAMB registrar spoke at the board’s headquarters in Abuja, while receiving an hand over note from Prof. Dibu Ojerinde.

    Oloyede promised to hit the ground running, promising to improve  JAMB with his qualities and experiences.

    According to him, the board would be structured to reflect the change mantra of the administration.

    He said he would continue  the good policies of his predecessor, adding that changes would be made where necessary.

    “Whether my period here is short, truncated or long, what is important is to do my bit and leave the stage better than we met it, just as my predecessors have done. Setting the stage is a collective responsibility and we have to make this board greater.

    “Part of my agenda is to key into the ‘change’ mantra of the government by building on the legacy left behind by my predecessors and “change” whatever deserves to be changed, because the biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

    “The change begins from individuals as we often realise that we can’t change anything, except we change ourselves.

    “The point I am making is that I am inheriting a great JAMB but there is still sufficient room for improvement so that the board can be greater if we all change,” he said.

    Oloyede unveiled his five-point agenda, which included staff welfare, technology, networking, discipline, and transparency.

    The registrar advised workers to be disciplined, noting that indiscipline was the bane of underdevelopment in Nigeria.

    He urged them to work with him to build on the progress made by his predecessor.

    “The time is short and we need to hit the ground running, with the hope that the support you accorded my predecessors, which was instrumental to their success, will be accorded me.

    “The first rule in heaven is order and the bane of our development as a nation is indiscipline. Discipline requires that the right thing is done at the right time for the right purpose. Discipline requires that we clean our corners in our respective capacities. Lateness to work, laziness at work, disrespect for deadline, insubordination and so on are viruses that often cripple an organisation.

    “I will implore you to hold discipline sacrosanct because indiscipline is corruption and many people who criticise others are also corrupt by virtue of their sheer indiscipline.’’

    “We shall take this respectable Board, an institution upon which the future of millions of our youth depends, to a new height. Let us do it together,” he added.

    Earlier, Prof. Ojerinde, who received a rousing ovation from staff of the board, noted that he was leaving JAMB better than he met it after nine years in charge.

    He urged the zonal and state coordinators of JAMB to grant Prof. Oloyede the same cooperation he enjoyed while serving as their boss.

    “I am sure you will make things better than you found it. I am not surprised you are coming,” he said.

     

  • Group to Oloyede, others: don’t fail Nigerians

    Group to Oloyede, others: don’t fail Nigerians

    The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit has urged the 17  chief executives for education parastatals named on Monday not to fail Nigerians.

    MSSN President Saheed Ashafa made the appeal in a congratulatory statement to Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who has been named the Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and other new heads.

    Ashafa called the attention of the appointees to the poor state of education in the country, saying Nigerians will expect progress with their emergence.

    The MSSN leader cautioned the heads that their new positions could either make or mar their integrity.

    He said: “We send our heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Oloyede and other newly appointed heads. We won’t stop trusting Prof. Oloyede’s competence and zeal to ensure development in any sector he finds himself.

    “We urge all the newly appointed chiefs to ensure that their appointment put their agencies on a right footing and restore their standards.

    “For instance, despite the fact that the major responsibility of the JAMB is to conduct exams for admission seekers into the tertiary institutions, releasing results and offering provisional admission to students, the agency has not usually perform to expectation.

    “Recently, it is discouraging that JAMB has not really lived up to its standards in terms of recording absolute success in its activities. It should be noted that restructuring in the agencies will be more worthy if the new heads perform effectively.

    “With JAMB and other educational agencies getting new heads, it is our hope that the desired change in education will be witnessed. We expect that policies will not be reversed frequently as witnessed in recent times and students’ confidence in the agencies will be strengthened.”

    Ashafa, however, called on stakeholders in the educational sector to give maximum support to the newly appointed heads.

    “Our educational sector has got to a stage that we can no longer leave it for government alone to fix. All hands have to be on deck and stakeholders have to play active roles,” he added.

  • My name is Oloyede

    The above title is a parody of Sam Omatseye’s recent novel, My name is Okoro. A work of faction, telling and in other instances retelling the terrifying stories of war and conquest, love and betrayal, murder and pogrom, unequal combats, and unsung heroes and heroines of war. Sam’s misty offering of the debacle and horrors of the 1966Biafra-Nigeria civil war, tragically still mirrors present trepidations, some 50 years after.

    As I raced through the book, I could not help but compare the unequal contest between Biafra and Nigeria with the man-made tragedy that has befallen Justice OlamideFolahanmiOloyedefor daring to take-onOgbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the executive governor of Osun State. Like the landlocked Biafra, JusticeOloyedehad only her memo to the state House of Assembly and few admirers to plead her cause, while Ogbeni has an amalgam of armies of well-heeled professionals and assistants, pretenders to civic causes, interested stragglers and a motely of administrative adjudicators, to push for the jurist’s annihilation.

    Like those who pleaded the murder of the northern premier, as their justification to engage in pogrom, the temerity of Justice Oloyede to dare their belovedOgbeni, is enough reason to put her to the sword.His Lordship was reckless, many have argued. Maybe.  In fact theNational Judicial Council (NJC), was unsparing in taking his Lordship to the cleaners. According to a report: “The petition (by Oloyede) was said to contain political statements, unsubstantiated allegations and accusations aimed at deriding, demeaning and undermining the Government of Osun State”.

    For her intransigence, she was hauled by a motely crowd of so-called Civil Society Coalition, before the NJC empowered by the Third Schedule, Part 1, paragraph 21(d) of the 1999 constitution, to: “recommend to the Governor the removal from office of the judicial officers specified in sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph, and to exercise disciplinary control over such officers”. To show how powerful the NJC is, they relied on their omnibus empowerment in the constitution, to deal with Oloyede, over a matter that in my humble opinion should have been handled by a regular court, if Ogbeni feels very aggrieved.

    The NJC relied on section 292(1)(b) of the 1999 constitution, and a nebulous rule of conduct. The section provides: “A judicial officer shall not be removed from his office or appointment before his age of retirement except in the following circumstances: in any case, other than those which paragraphs (a) of this section applies, by … the governor acting on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council that the judicial officer be so removed for his inability to discharge the function of his office or appointment (whether arising frominfirmity of mind or body) orfor misconduct or contravention of the code of conduct”.

    In fact the provision looks more like a political noose, given to NJC as a hangman to deal with any Judge for whatever reason it considers appropriate. The report of the NJC showed as much. According to the report, Justice Oloyede is punished because her petition:”put the character of the governor as one who is cruel, a liar and a traitor”. Furthermore: “The petition contained statements calculated to incite the residents of Osun State against the state government and its elected officers”. If I may ask, if Osun people are not incited by the failed economy and its glaring consequences, is it a letterby a judge without a security vote to mobilize that can cause Ogbeniany harm?

    NJC gratuitously held that: “Hon. Justice Oloyede crossed the fundamental right of freedom of speech and created a negative perception of the Nigerian judiciary to the public.” If calling a member of the executive corrupt is a reason to retire a judge, what has happened to members of the executive that have been railing that our judges are corrupt, without bothering to proffer any evidence to back it up? While I concede that Ogbeni may have been wrongly accused by Oloyede, why should the governor not go to court to seek remedies for defamation, as the law entitles him?

    In sacking Oloyede, was the NJC heroic? Not in my view. Perhaps with the EFCC prancing all over town, and many judges now scared of pro-corruption and sundry charges, NJC turned the befuddled Udeze in Sam’s novel, who in sympathy shot his war time best friend, Chukwu, so that the enemy army that had encircled him, will not take credit for his death.The Oloyede’s odyssey and her traducers also mimics Sam’s Chief EmekaIwu, who he said: “pranced about with an air of regal hauteur… insisted on being called a chief, and anyone who did not call him Chief EmekaIwu … could be locked up or tortured or disposed of any valuable.”

    Again is it possible that like Okeyin Sam’s book, did in defence of his mother and sibling, when the mob came to annihilate them in Kano that Justice Oloyede had taken on Ogbeniin defence of the suffering civil servants whose salaries are unpaid, even when she knew that it is a war she cannot win? While it is true that Ogbeni is not the only owing governor, could be that a wave of heroism overwhelmed the jurist, just like it did toOkey, even when many may consider her foolish, for taking on a gubernatorial behemoth, like Okey did bydaring a rampaging mob in Kano?

    Perhaps those who stringently plead the governor’s cause unabashedly, are merely as human as Sam Omatseye’s protagonist, Okoro. The poor fellow could not resist the temptation of Clara’s body, and after he ate of her apple, he surrendered: “I plead guilty. It is not my fault that you are so beautiful and so kind”. Like Clara the executive is so beautiful. And the temptation to seek its warmth: “night after night, week after week, month after month”, particularly under this crazy economic weather can be understood. As Sam wrote, such warmth “had no answer to the temptation of unguarded impulse”.

    Like in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Oloyede like Shylock is now at the mercy of Ogbeni the Antonio,whom she wanted the state legislators to sack, over allegations of mismanagement of the state resources. In a twist of fate,her sack latter is now on Ogbeni’s table. Shylock versus Antonio, and Antonio versus Shylock, one can rightly input.  Will Ogbeniunlike Antonio insist on gleefully signinghersack later, and thereby claiming that he is smelling of roses in the entire saga?

    Leaving fiction for factual, perhaps a test of the limits of the right of free speechfor judges, as provided for every citizen, in section 39(1) of the 1999 constitution, as amended, at the courts may be inevitable. For as M. V. Venkatachaliah, wrote in, Independent India Article at page 49: “The principal preoccupation of Rule of Law is to discipline public power and set standards for the conduct of public men in their exercise of government powers. Evolution of political organization of man has as its recurrent theme the ascertainment and determination of the acceptable limits of the coercive powers of state over its subjects”.

  • Running away from justice: The case of Justice Oloyede

    Contradictions have become the hallmark of our national engagements almost at every level especially in our public life since the advent of democracy in 1999. They have come in diverse shapes and sizes and in various dimensions ranging from the ridiculous to the absurd and from the completely bizarre to the seriously paradoxical.

    That a Senior Judge Osun  State judiciary Justice Folahanmi Oloyede who had made weighty allegations of financial impropriety against Governor Rauf Aregbesola and demanded that he be impeached is now running away from the responsibilities attached to her demands shows that she not only never had any grounds to have made that call in the first place, but may have also been instigated by other political jobbers who are intent on opposing the transformational efforts of the Governor. However, she has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to substantiate her claim but she also refused to appear.

    It should be noted that the Governor never for one day sought to protest that allegation from the judge but chose to make himself available before the members of the State House of Assembly who summoned him and are the true representatives and conscience of the people of the state. He did not grandstand neither did he muster his political influences which is not insignificant in any way to dissuade the House from acceding to the request of the jurist. He made himself available for questions with candour.

    Paradoxically, the one who has asked for the empanelling of the process to investigate the Governor has refused to come and make her case when summoned to do so by the House of Assembly. If this is not contradictory, I do not know any other thing that is. My thoughts are that it is both morally compelling and statutorily obligatory for the Judge to appear before the House to defend her allegations. That is the way democracies are run since she has been provided the right opportunity to nail the Governor in fulfilment of her crusade.

    What she has done negates the fine principles of law that “he that alleges must prove”. It is unfortunate that she has chosen to abdicate this onerous responsibility especially when the whole nation awaited her testimony.

    Judges have moral obligation to obey the law and for a sitting judge to refuse to conform to this dictate, not only makes herself incapable of continuing in that hallowed office but also throws scorn at the entire Judiciary. She has made her position very tenuous thus capable of contaminating the entire Judiciary. Having made her position in the judiciary inchoate thus of no repute bringing shame to the judicial processes what other moral basis would this judge and the Judiciary have to demand that other members and segments of the society obey their judgments?

    It is therefore on this note that we say that this judge has grossly perjured herself and to inform her that the only path to self -redemption is an unreserved apology not only to the Governor but also the people of Osun whom she had denigrated by her false and malicious allegations then, immediate resignation from office if she still has any modicum of respect for her office and the judiciary. She has unfortunately made herself a cancerous tumour that has to be surgically excised before it becomes dangerously malignant and pollutes the Judiciary. That is why the NJC has an urgent duty to perform here by neutralising this poison in their chalice and setting in motion their in-house disciplinary machinery if she refuses to toe the path of honour.

    However, the Osun State House of Assembly should step to the plate and invoke their constitutional powers to remove her from office if the Judge fails to resign or the NJC abandons its duty. Her removal will be a great service to all stakeholders in the Nigerian project especially the people of Osun.

    In conclusion, it is apposite to commend the Governor for his deft and democratic handling of this duplicity by the judge. By refusing to arm twist the House and by making himself available to the House for proper investigation, he has shown himself once again a truly democratic leader worthy of emulation by other Governors and public office holders in Nigeria. His leadership qualities cannot be ignored if Nigeria is to make the desired change. He has once again demonstrated tremendous goodwill thus raising the bar of democratic standards in Nigeria.

    • Jimoh, is the Deputy Majority Leader in the Lagos state House of Assembly representing Apapa II Constituency.
  • Search for moon on Sunday, says Oloyede

    Search for moon on Sunday, says Oloyede

    Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Prof Ishaq Oloyede has urged Muslims all over Nigeria to look for the new crescent of Shawwal on Sunday.

    Oloyede said members of the National Moon Sighting Committee have been deployed with appropriate gadgets to various parts of the country for easy sighting of the moon.

    “It is an indisputable fact that the old (Ramadan) moon will set just before sunset in Nigeria on Saturday, 26. The new astronomic moon would be born few minutes before midnight of that Saturday. Consequently, the search for Shawwal moon is on Sunday 27th. It can be sighted in Nigeria on Sunday with optical instruments or with some difficulties with naked eyes. Any claim of sighting a moon that is yet to be born is not only false, mistaken or impossible but also ridiculous,” he said.

    He continued: “It is in this respect that the NSCIA wishes to remind all Muslims who know, and notify those who do not, that there is an established structure for moon-sighting in Nigeria. Due to its significance and technicalities, the Council has a National Moonsighting Committee under the leadership of an expert. The Committee is equipped with necessary equipment and technological gadgets that are relevant to the discharge of its assignment. The membership of the Committee is drawn from various segments of the Nigerian Muslim Ummah, including:

    “However, membership of the Committee is not exclusive to the above-listed personalities. The NSCIA expects people with requisite technical and demonstrable knowledge of moon-sighting to indicate their interests to the Secretary General, NSCIA.  It is also helpful for such persons to list their areas of expertise. We intend to have an expert in each of the Senatorial Zone of the Country.

    “The National Moonsighting Committee will advise the President-General of the NSCIA (The Sultan) through the Secretary-General, on the commencement and conclusion of Ramadan or sighting of Ramadan and Shawwal crescents.

    “When a Muslim sights a new moon, he should call any member of the Committee close to him, who will ask him series pertinent questions. These may include time the moon was sighted, position of the crescent relative to where the Sun sets, altitude of the crescent above the horizon and condition of the sky at the time of the sighting.”

    Oloyede urged Nigerian Muslims to direct their observations, notices and enquiries on the crescent to members of the National Moonsighting Committee.

    “It is on the backdrop of the foregoing that the NSCIA announces that in line with the Qur’anic verse and the tradition of the Prophet, as Ramadan draws to its close, any information on sighting the crescent (of Shawwal) should be conveyed to the National Moonsighting Committee so that the President-General of the NSCIA, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar may pronounce the end of fasting,” he said.

  • Oloyede delivers Ramadan lecture

    The Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and former Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has praised the Vice-Chancellor University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof Olusola Oyewole, for the good job he is doing in FUNAAB.

    Delivering the 23rd Ramadan Lecture of the university titled, Muslim Character: Lessons of Ramadan, Oloyede enumerated the benefits derived from fasting, and enjoined Moslems to learn to overcome their human short-comings.

    “Fasting involves abstinence and restraining of all parts of the body, including the tongue, the eyes and ears from indecent acts. Fasting also restrains the mind and heart and they are deliberate because they represent containment of comfort and pleasure,” he said.

    In his address, the Chairman of the occasion, Rtd Navy Captain Rasheed Raji, a former military administrator of Bauchi and Sokoto states, described the choice of the lecturer and topic as most appropriate, especially as it reminds of what is expected of Moslems during and after Ramadan.