MSSN urges government to address hardship, warns against demonstration

 By Hassan Ibrahim 

Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to address the demands of the protesters by doing the needful to ease the avoidable hardship that Nigerians have been plunged into through insensitive and not well thought out policies.

A Communiqué signed by the Zonal Amir/Chairman and Secretary

Muhammad Bin Isa and Dr. Auwalu Yunusa issued at the end of the 37th National Higher Institutions Convention of Muslim Students (NHICOMS) held in Yola, Adamawa State, 

The MSSN said, "It is the view of the MSSN that the current trend of agitations for nationwide protest will not augur well for the country, especially considering the fact that such protests were not usually violence-free in the past, on the one hand. The government should, on the other hand, do the needful to ease the avoidable hardship that Nigerians have been plunged into through insensitive and not well thought out policies."

The MSSN also called on the Federal Government to revisit its decision on signing the Samoa Agreement and ensure that the cultures and religions of Nigerians are respected before engaging in any such agreements.

The group also frowned at the projection of Islam as evil through a movie in circulation in which armed robbers were portrayed putting on the Muslim dress of hijab and niqab (face veil), adding, "While we appeal to the already enraged Muslim students to continue to be calm as we await the actions to be taken by relevant authorities against the producers of the movie, we demand a decisive action that is punitive, compensatory and deterrent enough and in time."

The Society further condemned in totality any attempt to connect failure in governance with Muslim-Muslim ticket as propagation of justice and good governance are cardinal principles of Islam.

 

The MSSN also condemns the silence of the international community and the western media's double standards on continuous massacre of innocent and defenseless people in Gazzah, while claiming to uphold international law against inhumanity in Ukraine.