*commissions buildings at Al-aadi Unique College in Oyo town
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Spiritual Head of Shafudeen in Islam, Alhaji (Professor) Sabit Ariyo Olagoke has charged religious leaders in the country to shun religious discrimination, but keep and respect all houses of God and maintain their sacredness and take the path of righteousness.
Professor Olagoke gave the charge while speaking at the commissioning of buildings housing Al-aadi Unique College in Oyo town.
At the commissioning of a mosque within the college, Professor Olagoke emphasized that religious leaders should ensure the sacredness of the houses of God and make them holy so that prayers could be promptly answered there.
Professor Olagoke stressed that houses of God are, ” by the grand design of Almighty Allah, must operate on the axis of Dar-us -Salam, the home of peace.
“Remember that the goal of religion is to promote peace and produce virtuous men and women as enshrined in the Holy Quran, chapter 33 vs 35”, he said.
Speaking further with journalists at the commissioning, the Spiritual Head of Shafudeen in Islam noted that there is need for the teachers, parents and the alumni association of the college to maintain the multi-million naira structures put in place by a retired Principal manager of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Alhaji Abdul- AAdi Olayiwola Yusuf.
Professor Olagoke identified underfunding, lack of proper monitoring of the agencies activities, low or no feedback mechanism and lack of concussive environment for learning among others as major causes of the fall in standard of education.
Proprietor of the College, Alhaji Yusuf disclosed that the establishment of the school is aimed at given back to the society and allow the less privileged to have good education and that the school is not only for Muslims students.
“If it is for money I should have built the school in an eyebrow area, but I have passion to bring sound education to the grassroots because I know what I passed through before I got to this level and I thank God for that.Therefore, I want to advise parents to cooperate with us so that together we can bring out the best in our students and I’m assuring you that we’ll continue to build on the successes you are seeing here today,” he said.
Al-AAdi Unique College, Shafaudeen Zonal Headquarters , built on a large perimeter of land has state of the heart standard sporting facilities such as table tennis, volley ball court, basketball court and modern hostel facilities.
The two days annual Olagoke Education Legacy started on the first day, while the second day began with the commissioning of Shafaudeen International zonal headquarters at Jobele area of Oyo town ended with the usual monthly Thajud, “vigil” of the group to pray for the members and the nation at large and attended by dignitaries from the educational sector as well as Islamic clerics.
