Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has appealed to Saudi Arabia’s Government to lift its suspension of Umrah, lesser Hajj to enable Nigerian Muslims participate in this year’s Umrah before the Ramadan fasting period.
Gov. Tambuwal made the appeal through Dr. Hasan bin Abdul-Hamid bin Abdul-Hakim Bukhari, Dean of the Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers, of Umm Al-Qura University UQU, who led a team to conduct the fifth edition of dawrah refresher course in the reading of the Holy Qur’an.
He also called on the Saudi Kingdom to bring in investment to Nigeria that would help empower the people of the country.
Tambuwal pointed out that the Kingdom and its nationals invested heavily in countries where number of Muslims was not as much as in Nigeria.
While Commenting on the importance of dawrah, the Governor emphasized on the significance of educating people, especially in the ways of Islamic religion.
He commended the team who came from Saudi Arabia to Sokoto despite the negative news about insecurity situation in Nigeria.
Earlier in his speech , Sheikh Abdul-Hamid, expressed gratitude to Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, for collaborating with his institution to make the conduct of the dawrah a success
He said Saudi Arabia was aware of the historic contributions of the Sokoto Caliphate to the development a Islam in Nigeria and Africa.
NASIR MALALI