President
Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to include
two Islamic Studies books written by the late Justice Muhammad Bashir
Sambo in the secondary school curriculum for all Federal Government
Colleges.
The president, gave the directive at the weekend
in Kaduna while launching the reviewed editions of the books which were
first published in 1974.
Represented by
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, the resident, according to the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) noted that such books had become essential
in the face of declining moral and religious values in the country.
The Islamic Studies for Secondary Schools, co-sponsored by the Bashir
Sambo Centre for Islamic Da’awah and Jaiz Charity and Development
Foundation in memory of Justice Sambo, former Judge of Sharia Court of
Appeal and the Code of Conduct Tribunal, were reviewed by Mallam Mukhtar
Lere to conform with the current 6-3-3-4 educational system in the
country.
Buhari thanked the co-authors for updating and
structuring the books to match the new secondary school curriculum. He
urged the Ministry of Education to look at the books with a view to
adopting them in all government colleges.
The chairman, Board
of Trustees of Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation, Alhaji Umar A.
Mutallab, said the Bashir Sambo Centre for Islamic Da’awah was
established by the disciples and associates of late Justice Sambo in
order to immortalise and inspire the legacy of the late sage.
Credit: ThisDay
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