Sanusi: Islam supports education

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Malam Lamido Sanusi Lamido, says historically Islam has supported education, urging Muslims to sustain the practice.

Delivering the convocation lecture at the Second Convocation of the Fountain University, Osogbo entitled: Islam and the culture of education, Sanusi said knowledge transfer, promotion of literacy, establishment of schools were embedded in the practice of Islam. He noted that Islamic cities like Baghdad and Cairo started schools that evolved into world-class universities.

In modern times, he said Muslim countries that promote education are among the fastest growing.

“Recent development among countries and societies in the Muslim world are showing positive signs of improvement in human development, key to which is education. Six out of 10 countries that registered the fastest progress in human development index (HDI) are Muslim-majority countries. They are: Oman, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, with Oman being the fastest,” he said.

During the event, the university conferred an honorary Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) on the wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Amina Namadi Sambo, who had earlier turned the sod of a multi-purpose hall and 360-bed hostel.

Other recipients were philanthropist, Alhaji Sulaiman Adegunwa and the pioneer NASFAT President, Alhaji Abdul Lateef Olasupo.

One hundred and twenty-eight students graduated from the Colleges of Management and Social Sciences, Natural and Applied Science. Among the graduating students, there were 12 first class grade, 39 second class upper, 61 lower class and 16 3rd class grades.

The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof Bashir Raji, said Fountain University remained committed to academic excellence.

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