The leadership of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Kwara State Area Unit has inaugurated a 16-member Local Organizing Committee (LOC) to coordinate and see to the successful hosting of the 79th National Islamic Vacation Course (NIVC), A-Zone.
The NIVC, to be graced by 19 northern states including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja is scheduled to hold from December 22 to December 28, 2022, at two different locations within the Ilorin Metropolis, the State capital.
The LOC inauguration, held on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin, under the supervision of the National Board of Trustees (BoT) member, Professor Badmas ‘Lanre Yusuf, had men and women of high resourcefulness and commitment to the service of Islam and humanity in attendance.
The members of the committee include Dr. Abubakar Ayinla as the Chairman, Alhaji Ameen Suleiman, Engr. Imam Yassar Remilekun, Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, Prof. Nasir Abdussalam, Prof. Mubarak Saani, Alhaji Usman Abolarin, Mallam Usman Abdulmalik, Mallam Ali Abdulkareem, Alhaji Abubakar Imam Ayinla, Barr. Abdurrazaq Ayub Jabaje, Bro. Idris Olanrewaju, Mrs. R. O Abdullahi, Dr. (Mrs) F. A Sulayman, Alhaja Salamat Jimoh and Prof. Abdullateef Oladimeji as the Secretary.
Professor Badmas thanked Allah for making the day a reality, adding that MSSN is a platform created to train Muslim students at all level.
“In order to continue to fulfil one of the several aims and objectives of its establishment, the founding fathers of the society floated what is called Islamic Vacation Course (IVC), a week-long program which usually holds in December of every year.
“The programme attracts students from primary up to university levels. The main activities in the camps among others include lectures, ta’alimat, classroom instructions, Da’awah outreach, interactive forum, skills acquisitions as well as the issuance of communiqué.”
Speaking further, Prof Badmas said, “This timeframe is aimed at improving Muslims’ skills, creating interaction between Muslims, providing a platform wherein Muslim youths will have access to participate in Da’wah activities and receive classroom instructions from different Muslim scholars all over the country.
“The National IVC is to be held in the two zones of the society namely the ‘’A’’ zone and the ‘’B’’ zone. The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, MSSN “A” Zone, comprising the 19 Northern States and the FCT has decided to stage the 79th National Islamic Vacation Course (IVC) in KWARA, from 22nd – 28th December 2022 tagged: KWARA 2022. The total number of expected participants is four thousand (4000).
“It is on this note, that we are putting in place this Local Organizing Committee which comprises men and women of calibre, who have been carefully selected to serve in different capacities. LOC is always the engine room to serve and coordinate all the sub-committees in the realization of the IVC objectives”.
The Kwara State Amir of MSSN, Mallam Abdurrahman Abdulmumin disclosed that the Area Unit has never hosted a national programme of this sort, adding that the event is special because the LOC is the brain box, engine room and the nucleus of the National IVC, a programme which is fondly regarded as Muslim Students’ Hajj.
“The event is special because it is indeed a prelude for the birth of several positive developments in the history of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Kwara State Area Unit. This is because the Area Unit has never hosted a National programme of this sort and here it is, unfolding before our very eyes, under the guardianship of our father, a distinguished Member of the National Board of Trustees, MSSN, Prof. Badmas ‘Lanre Yusuf. We pray that Allah lends us His assistance and assist us all through.
“The event is equally special because, as executives of the Area Unit, Area Councils and Branches, past leaders of MSSN in different capacities are still till this moment, committed to the noble cause and are seated here with our fathers and mothers who were active and committed members to achieve a common goal–successful staging of the National IVC and attaining the pleasure of our Lord”.
“The event is also special because it is serving as a bridge between losing long-lost connections of the constituent members of the big MSSN family”, he added.
The Amir pledged his unflinching commitment and subservience to the members of the Committee and prayed for Allah’s assistance to completely discharge the duties toward having a successful National IVC.
In his opening remarks, the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Abubakar Ayinla, appreciated the submission and for making him the Chairman, stressing that, by the grace of Allah they will put in their best to have a successful camping.
