The Muslim Rights Concern has congratulated the newly elected governors in the South West.
In a congratulatory message issued by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, last Thursday, the group charged the governors-elect of Yoruba land to work towards raising the standard of living in the region.
MURIC also called on the governors-elect to run truly participatory administrations by appointing both Christians and Muslims into their cabinets.
“Whether we like it or not, religion plays a central role in the lives of Nigerians and the average Yoruba person is particularly known to be deeply religious. In order to ensure peaceful and harmonious co-existence, therefore, we advise the new governors-elect in the sub-region to evolve inclusive regimes when they appoint their chiefs of staff, secretary to the state governments, commissioners and board chairmen,” the group said.
MURIC added that the myth of a political party being an Islamic party has been broken with the emergence of the present set of governors in Yoruba land. Those who claim that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is an Islamic party have been proved wrong. It said, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who emerged in Lagos, Dapo Abiodun in Ogun, Rotimi Akeredolu in Ondo and Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti are all Christians.
“The only APC governor who is a Muslim in the sub-region is Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State. So where is the Islamism in APC? That claim is therefore false and baseless. It was concocted by merchants of false propaganda to support their unfounded allegation of Islamisation of Nigeria which was levelled at President Muhammadu Buhari.
“MURIC calls attention to the new political reality in Yorubaland when the newly elected governors are sworn in on May 29, 2019. There will be five Christian governors and only one Muslim governor in the sub-region. Also, there will be three Christian deputy governors and three Muslim governors.”
MURIC charged the incoming governors to respect the civil liberties of the citizenry, particularly their Muslim subjects who are clamouring for the recognition of their Allah-given fundamental human rights.
