Muslim scholars to Tinubu: Nigerians need good governance, economic prosperity

A body, the Concerned Muslim Scholars in Nigeria, Tuesday, said Nigerians need good governance and economic prosperity at this critical period.

The body stated this at a world press conference, addressed by the president, Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, Sheikh Abdurarasheed Hadiyatullahi, and held at the Arisekola Mosque, Ibadan, on the state of the nation.

The body said President Bola Tinubu should not hesitate to make good all his promises during the electioneering campaign to direct the nation’s course to glory and economic success.

“It is noteworthy that one of our campaign slogans then was good governance and economic prosperity. Nigerians are becoming impatient daily. We are not unaware of palliatives being distributed, but there is little effect on the suffering masses and it is not even judiciously distributed to reach the targeted masses.

“For example, the ones being routed through our association is still on transit since July 2024 and yet to reach all the Southern states even when our brethren in Northern states have judiciously distributed theirs to the suffering masses.

“It should be noted that President Tinubu repeatedly convinced Nigerians during the campaign that he had a full capacity to direct the nation’s course to glory and economic success. It therefore will be an unprecedented stab at the back if all the avowed capacity is just a mere implementation of dictates from some European countries and their institutions.

“We are disturbed as to the exact gains Nigeria stands to recoup from the president’s recent romance with these nations and why these European countries had to, for decades, keep somewhere panaceas for our sufferings in the land till during the time of President Tinubu’s government and the era during which some countries in Africa are doing away with these imperialists.

“Islam, our religion, emphasises the fulfillment of promises and trusts in all our dealings (politics inclusive). We therefore urge the president to protect his integrity by making sure those who worked assiduously for him are not treated as “used and dumped.”