Muslim Community commends Makinde on religious balancing in appointment of Permanent Secretaries, Executive Secretaries 

The Muslim Community of Oyo State has commended Governor Seyi Makinde for achieving religious parity in his second term of office’s appointments of permanent secretaries and executive secretaries.

In a statement jointly signed by the society’s Chairman, Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni, and Secretary-General, Alhaji Murisiku Abidemi Siyanbade, the Islamic Society stated that five Muslims were appointed out of the eleven Permanent Secretaries, while two Christians were appointed as Executive Secretaries, as against to one Muslim.

He added that if the governor keeps making progress in this direction of near-equity, Oyo State would fully achieve sustainable religious harmony.

The statement reads in part: “The Muslim Community  Of Oyo State  commends the Governor of  Oyo State, His Excellency, Engineer  Seyi Makinde, on the religious  balancing in the first set of appointments for his second term in office.

“We discovered  that out of eleven  Permanent  Secretaries appointed,  there are  five Muslims, which is not  bad. In appointment of Executive Secretaries,there are 2 Christians as against 1 Muslim. 

“All the appointments still favour Christians above Muslims, though with  margins that can be temporarily overlooked, while anticipating that the next set of appointments will tilt more in favour of Muslims.

“If the Governor  continues to improve in this manner of near-equity, sustainabile religious harmony would be fully attained in Oyo State.”

“We equally  commend the Governor  for dismantling the notorious  Parks Management System   under the hegemony  of the enfant- terrible  of National Union of Road Transport  Workers (NURTW), Mr Mukaila Lamidi, a.k.a. Auxiliary, that had  constituted a menace and murderous  nuisance to the innocent  people of Oyo State.

“Better late than never, it is a big relief and heart-warming that the Governor  eventually sent packing,  these brutal, ruthless, dastardly and  criminally- inclined  Area Boys, who were  no doubt an albatross to his first  term in office. People of  Oyo State  dreaded  these criminals  who killed and maimed innocent  people  with reckless  abandon. To say the fear of Auxiliary’s boys is the beginning  of wisdom would  not be an hyperbole  or overstatement. 

“This step, it is our hope, will lead to zero tolerance for thuggery and hooliganism and, in shaa Allah, peace would reign in Oyo State and people will be able to sleep  with their two eyes closed.

“Once again, we appreciate the near-equity gesture of His Excellency, The Governor in this first set of appointments. And we are hopeful that all subsequent appointments shall be made, based on equity between the two major religions, Islam and Christianity.

“May Almighty Allah continue to guide the Government  of Oyo State as it strives to ensure equity and good governance.