The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has described Nigerians as non secular individuals, who aren’t essentially godly.
In keeping with him, many Nigerians shun onerous work however flip to prayers, considering being non secular will assure them outcomes.
Oloyede referred to as on Nigerians to harness the huge endowment of the nation to show its scenario round.
He mentioned Nigerians ought to, as an illustration, exploit the nation’s agricultural potential, noting that Nigeria was endowed with huge arable land, water and climate appropriate for various crops throughout totally different areas.
The JAMB Registrar made the decision in a lecture, titled, “Duties of Muslim Residents in Nationwide Growth,” which he delivered on Saturday in Ikole Ekiti, Ekiti State in the course of the First Aare Sulaiman Afolabi Ogunlayi Ramadan Lecture organised by a Home of Representatives member, Akin Rotimi.
Oloyede, who was represented by the Provost, Federal School of Training, Iwo, Osun State, Prof. Rafiu Adebayo, mentioned, “Faith if used as it’s, we will remedy our issues.
“We’re too non secular and we aren’t that godly. We’re in love with prayer however we don’t know the distinction between prayer and onerous work.
“Too many prayers with out work is a part of our issues in Nigeria. Allow us to make the perfect use of our endowments.”
Oloyede, whereas noting the South-West’s endowment with and the North with groundnut pyramid, mentioned it was lamentable that “Nigeria deserted our endowments and relied on oil as a supply of earnings after the invention of oil.”
The don, nonetheless, mentioned faith had had a optimistic impression on the nation’s socio-economic improvement.
He mentioned, “It’s till we unite and bury ethnic bitterness, that’s after we will get it proper. Faith would have solved our issues correctly however we didn’t utilise it very nicely,” he asserted.
The lecture organiser, Rotimi, mentioned it was to rejoice Ogunlayi, who’s the Nationwide Vice President, Ansar-ur-Deen Society of Nigeria, for his contributions to the expansion and improvement of faith and politics within the state and nation.
The lawmaker referred to as on political actors throughout the nation to honour and rejoice patriotic residents whereas they’re nonetheless alive.
In his response, the honouree, Ogunlayi, praised the lawmaker for the gesture, saying, “Most often, persons are recognised solely when they’re no extra, however we thank God that this recognition is coming once I’m nonetheless alive.”
