Ganduje's daughter to Marry Ajimobi’s son
Kano
state governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has consented to the marriage
proposal between his daughter Fatima Umar Ganduje and Idris Ajimobi,
the son of Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state.
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.
About 12 serving governors attended the event including
governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos state, Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state,
Rotimi Akeredolu Ondo state as well as Adulfatah Ahmad of Kwara state.
Others are Bello Masari of Katsina state, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru Jigawa, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Sokoko, Abdal'aziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara state as well as the governor of Borno state Kashim Shettima among others.
The
Emir of Kano who 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’’ he concluded.
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