Muslims Task FG on Moral Ethos for Economic Prosperity

Gilbert Ekugbe

The Muslim Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the federal government to embark on a massive inculcation of moral ethos to achieve accelerated economic prosperity.

In a statement issued by the General Secretary, MAN, Mr. Bolaji Odekunle, the move would also go a long way to restore social order in different parts of the country.

MAN also called on the Muslim families to rise up to their responsibilities of building a decent society.

Meanwhile, MAN has held its 36 national conference themed, “Nigeria and the Prospects of Socioeconomic Stability,” Islamic Perspectives.

According to MAN, the country is visibly confronted by the problems of high level of poverty, crimes and criminality.

“In this light, it is a paradox of being rich yet being poor as a country. The problems were mostly traced to greediness, impunity and lack of institutional capacity to sanction offenders,” the statement read.

Speaking on the theme, Dr. Saheed Timehin, Department of Foreign Languages, Lagos State University, stated that Nigeria is blessed with abundant human and material resources, acknowledging experts efforts to help in fashioning socioeconomic theories and development plans.

The conference also featured the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Kadiri Hamzat, who delivered a keynote speech as Special Guest of Honour. 

The Conference called on Muslims and other believers in the existence of God and in the reality of the day of judgment to return to the path of rectitude, in which one wants for himself what he wants for fellow human beings. 

The Association also elected Dhikrullah Adewale Yagboyaju, Professor of Political Science, as its president at the end of the conference.