Why Oyo Muslims Won't Thank Governor SeyiaMakinde For Declaring Holiday For Arabic New Year—Islamic Group | Sahara Reporters
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has said it will not thank the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde for declaring Tuesday, August 10, as Hijrah holiday.MURIC explained that throughout the eight-year tenure of the late former governor, Hijrah days were often enjoyed by Muslims as it was declared public holidays.
While congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari and other islamic dignitaries on the occasion of the Hijrah Day, the group's Director and Founder, Professor Ishiaq Akintola, in his Hijrah message on Monday, commended the state governments that recognised the Hijrah Day by declaring a public holiday despite not being recognised by the Nigerian Government.Akintola, however, said the group would continue to monitor the states that declared the Hijrah holiday this year.
“But the case of Oyo State must be singled out because of what is playing out in Ibadan. Whereas Oyo Muslims enjoyed Hijrah holiday for eight good and uninterrupted years under the late Isiaka Ajimobi who was the immediate past governor of the state, the incumbent, Engr. Seyi Makinde chose to out-Herod Herod by discontinuing the continuum for two consecutive years .
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