Insecurity: VP’s wife tasks Islamic organisations on peace

The wife of the Vice President, Hajia Amina Sambo, on Saturday appealed to Islamic organisations to support the Federal Government by preaching peace to tackle the insecurity in the country.
Sambo made appeal at the Annual Al-Habibiyyah Women Forum, an NGO, in Abuja.
Represented by the wife of the Niger State Governor, Hajia Jummai Babangida Aliyu, Sambo said Islamic organisations were key to achieving peace in the country.
She said: “I see this effort by Al-Habibiyyah women as an attempt to compliment government’s efforts to tackle insecurity by returning to the basics.
“We should not relent in ensuring peace in our individual homes, communities, our country and the world at large.”
Sambo said the theme of the programme was very apt in view of the emerging trends in national and international circles.
Sambo said proper parenting and a united family unit were crucial to curbing social vices in the country.
She said: “It is incumbent upon all of us to take parenting seriously and work towards making it a duty.
“This I am sure, will address the moral degeneration whose consequences are the resultant insecurity, violence and other social vices being perpetrated by our youths.”
Earlier, the wife of the Kogi State Governor, Hajia Halima Wada, urged women on proper training and upbringing of their children and wards.
Wada decried the insecurity situation in the country and stressed the need for Nigerians to rectify the situation.
The Chief Imam of Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society, Imam Adeyemi Fuad, said the forum was meant to sensitise women and the public to the stand of Islam on contemporary challenges facing mothers.
He emphasised the need for good parenting as this would reflect positively on the society.
“A child that is well mannered and cultured cannot be easily lured to any societal ill,” he said.
The forum was attended by women groups, Islamic scholars and government functionaries across the country.