Kano State governor, Dr.
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Friday agreed to the marriage proposal from Idris
Ajimobi, the son of Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state, for his daughter
Fatima Umar Ganduje.
A large crowd converged at the
Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) to welcome prominent
personalities including governors, ministers, top APC members, business moguls
among others.
Traditional music dancers of
different tribes were at hand to entertain the gathering and visiting guests.
The marriage proposal was
contracted at the palace of the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II, who gave the
father’s consent to the proposed union.
Governors present at the ceremony
include: Alhaji Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Senator Abiola Ajimobi (Ogun),
Akinwumi Ambode (Lagos), Senator Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo).
Others include Abubakar Baguda
(Kebbi), Hon. Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Abdullaziz Yari (Zamfara), Rauf
Aregbosola (Osun), Kashim Shetima (Borno), Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina) and
Abdulfatai Ahmed (Kwara)
The Emir consented to the
proposal on behalf of Governor Ganduje described the union as a way to
cementing relationships as well as destroying stereotypes between south and
northern Nigeria.
Citing from the Quran and Hadith,
the emir stated that tribalism and ethnicity that have being dividing factors
in the country have no place in Islam.
He commended Governors Ganduje
and Ajomobi for leading a good example for the people to follow for peaceful
co-existence in the country.
“I am pleased that two leaders of
this country at a time when this country is most at need of example, at a time
when this country is most in need of reminders that we are all Nigerians.
“We are part of one common
humanity descended from one man and one woman, made from the same earth decided
to apply this teaching to show an example to all of us.
“The prophet of Allah said there
is no supremacy for the Arab over the non Arab, or the non Arab over the Arab.
No superiority for the light skinned over the over the black skinned or black
skinned over the white skinned all of you are from Adam and Adam is from the
earth.
The reason I quote this Hadith is
to remind all of us that tribalism, racism and all these ‘’isms’’ that are
based on ethnicity have no place in Islam.
“Marriages are unions especially
when they come from prominent families. They are not just unions between boy
and girl or man and woman, they are unions of people, they cement
relationships, they improve understanding, they breed love and respect, they
destroy stereotypes”, Emir Sanusi added.
Speaking on behalf of Ajimobi
family governor Rauf Aregbesola thanked the Emir of Kano and Governor Ganduje
for approving the proposal assuring that the union would be taken beyond mere
union between two families.
“We expressed our sincere
gratitude for the magnanimity, consideration and huge leadership you have
displayed today in first admonishing us about the essence of this particular
gathering that is beyond mere gathering between two families.
“This is a pointer to the need
for our nation to struggle and retrieve that which we had carelessly lost over
the years.
“The assurance I want to give on
behalf of my brother from Ibadan is that we will take this beyond mere union
between two families. We appreciate the need for us to work very hard for the
unity, for the harmony between our peoples”, Aregbesola added.
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THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE TWO WILL SURELY SUCCEED IF IT IS NOT INFLUENCED BY POLITY AND UNDUE INFLUENCES!
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