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Pres Buhari attends first Jumma’at prayer in presidential villa

President Muhammadu Buhari and some Muslim faithful on Friday attended the Jumma’at prayer in the presidential villa main Mosque, Abuja.


This is contained in a statement issued by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity.


According to the statement, the president would now be observing most of the Jumma’at prayers at the Mosque in the villa.


Adesina said the decision to observe the prayer in the villa is to address “the avoidable hardships imposed on members of the public by road closures and other security measures which presidential movements to the national Mosque necessitate”.


He said Buhari would join the larger Muslim community for Friday prayers at the national Mosque occasionally.


This is the first time the prayer, which was led by Abdulwaheed Suleiman, chief Imam of the Mosque was conducted in the Villa.


Some adherents of the Islamic faith, who spoke to NAN after the 2-raka’at prayer, described the event as a welcome development.


Muhammed Labo, who participated in the prayer session, said that attending the Jumma’at prayer in the villa would “reduce the stress that people go through in the town during presidential movement to the national mosque on Fridays”.


“For me, is a privilege to be among the first set of faithful to participate in the first Juma’at prayer session in the presidential villa,” he said.


“Now, the significance of this is that it is going to take away a lot of stress that people go through in the town during presidential movement because roads are closed and all that.


On his part, Suleiman Muhammed, who also participated in the prayer session at the villa, expressed gratitude to God for making it possible for him to be part of the Juma’at prayer in the villa.


Muhammed said the Muslims in the villa are happy with the development because it will enable them to spend more time at their duty posts on each Friday.


“I will say it is a great development; it is something we have been expecting for quite some time, but God in His infinite mercy made it possible this time around,” he said.


“So, we are happy that we are experiencing it in the villa, today.”


Prior to his inauguration on May 29, the president had been performing his Jumma’at prayer at the national mosque and the Mogadishu barrack Mosque.

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Jega: I will return to the classroom after INEC

Attahiru Jega, outgoing chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed his post-retirement plan.

Jega’s tenure at the electoral body elapses in three days, and the former vice-chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK) says he will be returning to his profession thereafter.


He made this known during an interactive session with journalists at a dinner organised in his honour by the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) in Abuja on Thursday night.


He also spoke on the reason he appointed vice-chancellors as returning officers during the last general election.


“We were looking for people with integrity; and we have no doubt that there are many people with integrity in the Nigerian university system,” he said.


“So, it is like a ready-made constituency to get the kind of people we needed for the job to be done.
“That is not to say that only in the universities can you find people of integrity. We know that anybody who has risen in the system to become a vice-chancellor will not for anything damage his or her reputation by pandering to the wishes of politicians.”
Jega expressed delight that the vice-chancellors were pleased with the feat that they collectively achieved in the 2015 elections.
He also commended the staff of INEC for contributing to the success of the elections, saying he could not have done it alone.


Earlier in his remarks, Joseph Ajienka, chairman of  AVCNU, lauded Jega for rendering good service to his country and commended the vice-chancellors for the role they played during the polls.


“I thank also all the vice-chancellors that helped Jega in performing a national task that gave so much credibility to the last elections,” he said.


“It will go a long way in telling the world that vice-chancellors are capable of serving their country.”
Vincent Tenebe, chairman of the occasion and vice-chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), said the 2015 election brought Nigeria to limelight, noting that the mode of election is being copied by many countries.


On his part, Nuhu Yakubu, an outgoing national commissioner of INEC, said the commission had gone through extreme pressure in the last five years.


Yakubu described Jega as “principled, meticulous, hardworking and courageous”, saying those factors helped him in conducting “two most successful elections in the history of the country”.

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