Epe Club Holds Ramadan Lecture, Members’ Wives Distribute Cash, Food To Widows

• Report Your Suspecting Children to the Government to Curb Insecurity – Club President
• Secure Yourself with Faith in God, Charity and the Truth – MOCPED Deputy Provost.

By Babatunde Kaka

The Premier Club in Epe Division, Epe Club, has admonished residents of the town to inculcate the teachings enshrined in the Quran and also put into practice lessons learned from public Islamic lectures during the sacred month of Ramadan.

President of the Club, Engineer AbdulRasheed Shabi, gave the admonition while addressing a gathering of Muslim faithfuls during club’s annual Ramadan lecture held on Saturday 8th May 2021.

Speaking during the Ramadan Lecture tagged: “The Role of Religion in Achieving Stable and Secure Environment”, he said the holy month extolled the virtue of tolerance, peace and brotherhood.

He urged the Muslim faithfuls not to backside and return to improper and immoral act after Ramadan was gone, noting that the country would be a better place if lessons learned from lectures in the month of Ramadan are put into practice.

He” Ramadan is all about love. Don’t engage in what’s not fruitful to you. Start teaching your children how to engage in legal but not shady business. Parents should also assist the government to curb insecurity in the country by reporting them to the government so that they won’t destroy your name”.

Also, the President, Pharmacist Khadijat Ife Shabi, led other wives of members of the club to present cash gifts and other consumables to some widows in the community. It was gathered that both the old and young benefited from the philanthropy and they immensely appreciated the gesture and prayed for their benefactors.

In her remarks, having appreciated the leadership of the Club for the special opportunity to serve humanity, Mrs Khadijat Shabi stated that the gesture was necessary as it is the grace of God Almighty that has kept their better halves alive, unlike the widows whose husbands are no more but still holding forth in faith to the promise of Allah.

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The program, which proceeded with the Ramadan Lecture, saw the guest lecturer, Alhaji Sheikh Almurtado ( Baba Lekki ) enlighten the gathering with useful tips as regards how to achieve a stable and secured environment through religion.

Amongst many things, Baba Lekki urged the gathering to be steadfast in prayers and be devoted to Islam. He reminded the gathering that the sole purpose of creation is to serve God. He noted that absolute faith in God is the panacea to insecurity as disagreements, quarrels and other conflicting issues would be nipped in the bud.

Speaking with Ekohotblog, Dr Morufdeen Adeniyi Shittu, in his message, urged Nigerians to secure themselves and the community by believing in God, being good to their neighbours and speaking the truth.

” To secure ourselves, the first thing is to have God within us. Do good to your neighbours because if you’re eating and your neighbour is hungry, the country is not secured then. Another thing is that if you have the opportunity to say the truth when you say the truth, you’re securing the community, you’re securing the nation, you’re even securing yourself “, he stated.

Earlier the Chairman of the day, Rt Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji represented by Hon Segun Agbaje, pleaded for his absence due to State assignments. He revealed that the Holy month of Ramadan was meant for repentance of sins and urged the gathering to strive to live a righteous life. He, therefore, prayed for the miraculous elevation of illustrious sons and daughters from the Division that is in Government. He also prayed to God to facilitate the receipt of benefits accrued to the Division from the Lagos State Government.

Under the Chairmanship of former Lagos House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji who was ably represented by former Epe Local Government Chairman, Hon Segun Agbaje, the event recorded the presence of Executive members of the Club some of which include, Engineer AbdulRasheed Shabi, Alhaji Taoheed Fowosere, Engineer Bola Odebiyi, Mr Tunde Ojikutu, Alhaji Isiaka Ibrahim, Engineer Aderohunmu Agbomeji, Mr Oluwo Akeem Durojaiye and several others.

The program, as gathered by Ekohotblog, was anchored by the Deputy Provost of MOCPED, Dr MA Shittu, featuring heavenly Qur’anic recitation by Ustaz Abubakar, a student of MOCPED.

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