June 12: Cleric Urges Yoruba Leaders To Support

A renown cleric Alhaji Ismaheel Salahudeen Amala has called on Yoruba leaders to support president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his bid to transform the country and bring the dividends of democracy to the downtrodden masses.

Alhaji Amala, founder and spiritual head of An - Najihun Islamic Association based in Ibadan stated this while speaking with journalists during the special edition of their weekly programme to commemorate the June 12 a day set aside to remember the 1992 presidential election believed to have been won by the late phillantrophy, MKO Abiola.

While delivering his sermon, Alhaji Amala who quoted Quran 15  verse 112 reminded Nigerians to always put their trust in God and not human and quickly reminded our leaders not to let the people down by fulfilling there electioneering promises to the people.

Speaking about the removal of the subsidy on petroleum, the renown cleric urged president Tinubu to think of all the social amenities  that will make life meaningful and make them available. 

" Transportation and food is very paramount to the people and if the government can open the borders for food items to be supplied the effect of the hardship will not be felt too much, also electricity should be improved upon and with electricity alone so many things will be in order" . 

He however commended the president for the decisions he has made so far withing the few days he became the president while blaming our past leaders for their rush in getting freedom for Nigeria which he described as their selfish interest, 

The cleric who just returned to the country from Cote'de vour remarked that the French who colonised them still live very much with them which informed their great level of development till date.

" Throughout my over one week stay I never witnessed power outage or water scarcity and we were always on the road till day break without hindrances and that is why I am calling on our government to find a lasting solution to the security problems facing Nigeria" 

He however urges Nigerians to embrace love in our dealings because it is only in the atmosphere of love that the country can move forward . 

"Those in government should love the people while the masses should also love and pray for their leaders" 

Alhaji Amala who is also the Mogaji Alfa of  Ogun Elu , Are - Alasa in his message to Muslims however urged them to believe in Allah and do things according to the commandment of God.

"Muslims should do the fast approaching Salah with the fear of Allah" to emulate prophet Ibrahim "