As the national election draws near, the Ogun State Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele has implored women not to undermine their capabilities, but continue supporting one another and actively participate in the decision making of who emerges as their leader.

She stated this while hosting various Muslim women organizations in the state to her annual Ramadan Tafsir/Lecture at her residence in Abeokuta, the state capital.

Salako-Oyedele explained that the annual Tafsir has been an opportunity for Muslim women to grow in faith, to deepen their knowledge and to strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.

She added that the event is aimed at addressing issues peculiar to women and encouraging them to be better individuals, citizens, wives and mothers to their children.

The deputy governor thanked everyone for visiting and underlined that Ramadan was a time for deep reflection, spiritual development, knowledge expansion, and faith strengthening while upholding one of the fundamental tenets of Islam.

Also speaking the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Mrs Mariam Oloko praised the convener of the programme, Salako-Oyedele, describing her as selfless and highly approachable, urging the women to emulate her person by remaining grounded.

During the lecture, representatives of various Muslim women’s organisations gave separate messages of goodwill, agreeing that women should be more active in their endeavours.

They prayed that Allah would bless the Deputy Governor for making the lecture an annual event and for making sure that women’s contributions to the community and the nation as a whole are acknowledged.

In his sermon at the Tafsir themed, “Muslim woman journey in modern times”, Sheik Nurein Rabiu, Imam Governors office Secretariat mosque, said the importance of women cannot be over emphasized, noting that it is those who undervalue the gender, that has created the erroneous belief that Islam relegates them.

He stressed that even in the Holy book, a complete Surah is dedicated to extolling the virtues of women, concluding that it shows how highly placed Almighty Allah sees and placed the status of women in Islam.

The Muslim cleric who said the worth of the womenfolk is not defined by societal expectations but by Allah, charged them to be religious as well as upright in their doings, admonishing those of them in positions of authority to manage such roles with kindness fairness and justice to all while being respectable to their spouses and commitment to their homes building.

Eze Chidiebere Paul

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