Eid-el Maolud: Fountain University VC advocates ‘re-evaluation of values as 2023 elections draw near

The Vice Chancellor of Fountain University, Prof. Amidu Olalekan Sanni, has congratulated all Muslims on the commemoration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

In his goodwill message, signed by the Information of the University, Taoheed Alimi, Professor Sanni asked all Nigerians, particularly the Muslims, to re-evaluate their commitment to the values and ideals that the life and message of the Prophet Muhammad demonstrated to the whole world within a missionary life of less than a quarter of a century.

The VC expressed concern that the good virtues of adherence to rightful tenets, peaceful co-existence, respect for human lives and honour, responsive leadership, responsible followership, and strong consciousness of ultimate accountability to Allah had been lost by all, and, therefore, called on all to retrace their steps.

He wondered how Nigerians could feel comfortable “with a generation of our youths wasting away by being out of school for most of 2022, adding to the pool of unemployed and despondent graduates out there”.
The VC pointed out: “Yet, we are committing or condoning huge resources to elections in which political players/ deadwood are not seen to be projecting any blueprint for the nation and her youth resources”.

As the country approaches the 2023 general elections, Sanni advised all Muslims, and indeed all Nigerians to be a promoter of peace through their actions, speeches, and orientations, rather than being apostles of chaos and disaffection through the instrumentality of ethnic and religious divide

He further advised Muslims to seize the opportunity of the celebration of the Prophet Mohammed to strengthen their resolve “to make life better for all in our society, love towards one another, and peace on the land”.

“A society in which proponents and exponents of low and banal moral values earn mouthwatering rewards, where first-class graduates are tricycle or POS operators, where politics becomes the only venture of direct and indirect investment, the eternal values established by the Prophet Muhammad which guarantee a life of peace and development cannot be achieved”, he said.

The Vice-Chancellor called on all Muslims, especially the Nigerian youths and students to redefine and restructure the political and social landscape by pursuing such goals that would genuinely guarantee the emergence of a new moral and social compass for the society at large.

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