The League of Imams and Alfas in Ekiti State has ordered Muslims in the state not to collect rams and other food items for Sallah celebration, if presented to them in any form by the government.
The league reached the decision at a meeting held on Tuesday at Ansar-u-deen Society Central Mosque Odo – Otu, Ado Ekiti, where it reviewed the “deliberate marginalisation of Muslims in Ekiti State government political appointment.”
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and National Council of Muslim Youth Organization, Ekiti State, had respectively issued statements condemning Governor Ayodele Fayose for neglecting Muslims in appointments.
Ekiti State branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, had also described “Fayose’s treatment of Muslims in terms of appointment in the state” as “the worst since the state was created.”
APC claimed Ekiti muslims were not given up to one percent of the appointments made by the Fayose administration.
In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, the league said, "Based on the above, the League, Ekiti State Council hereby resolve that: No Muslim in the State should collect rams and other food items if presented to them in any form by the government."
The communique was signed by the state’s Assistant Secretary, League of Imams and Alfas, Alhaji Quadri Oguntuase; a Representative of Ansar-u-deen Missioner, Fatai Jimoh and Chief Imam, Ilogbo, Imam Abdul Rasak.