A Lagos-based Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ibraheem Olawumi, has advised the Federal Government to adequately invest in education and poverty alleviation programmes to address challenges facing the country.
Olawumi, the Mudeer, Daarul Irshad Wal-Is’ad, Orile, made the plea while speaking on the sideline of the 10th Annual Ramadan Lecture and Special Prayer for the Nation, tagged “The Roles of Muslims in Nation Building” organised by Abdulwahid Islamic Foundation, Lagos.
The Islamic Scholar who was the guest speaker at the event, said that the government must prioritise education to address problems of poverty and security in the country.
He urged Muslims to become good neighbours to all those around them and look for how to be of help to those in need, in order to build a progressing nation.
