Story from Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi
As activities towards the 2023 general election gear up with political gladiators calling for zoning of the presidency to certain parts of the country, the National Chairman, Council of Ulama of Jama’atu Izalatul Bidia wa Iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Muhammadu Sani Yahaya Jingir, has declared zoning as undemocratic.
Sheikh Jingir made the declaration on Sunday in his message at the end of the international preaching session of JIBWIS in Bauchi, adding that zoning violates democratic tenets.
According to the JIBWIS’ Ulama chairman, instead of zoning the presidency to any part of the country in 2023, the presidential contest should be left open to every region of the country with a view to allowing the best candidate to emerge.
The Scholar added that the Fundamental Rights of all political parties to field candidates of their choices, and the right of voters to freely choose who leads them cannot be compromised.
Our people should be allowed to exercise their rights according to the laws of the country and the electoral laws, anything otherwise is undemocratic,” the scholar said.
He, however, called on Muslims of voting age to not only register but also ensure that get their voter’s cards to enable them to exercise their franchise of voting in the 2023 general election to elect the best leaders at all levels.
On the security threats in the country, Sheikh Jingir said “In his opinion, enemies of the country plan to destabilize the country by creating banditry and drug abuse to encourage moral decadence among the youths.
He advised leaders at all levels to avoid pushing the population into deeper poverty and desperation with challenging economic policies and a lack of empathy adding that government at all levels should consider a form of the structured welfare system to alleviate poverty in the populace.
The Scholar stressed the importance of unity and worship Allah the almighty as enshrined in the Quran and Hadith.
He commended the Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed for building mosques and other places of worship and urged him to continue to be fair to all citizens.
Speaking at the event, Governor Mohammed urged religious leaders to always preach peace and peaceful coexistence among the people, irrespective of their religious and ethnic affiliations.
He added that clerics should always emphasise the moral upbringing of the youth in society.
Neptune Prime reports that the JIBWIS’s international preaching session had in attendance Islamic scholars from within and outside the country, particularly from Niger, Cameroon, Ghana, among others.
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