The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhamned Saad Abubakar and Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, are expected to attend the formal opening of the 79th National Islamic Vacation Course billed for Ilorin, Kwara state capital, on December 23, 2022.
At least 4, 000 participants including primary school pupils, secondary school students and those in tertiary institutions on vacation across the country are expected to participate in the week long spiritual and educational programme.
With the theme; The new dawn : MSSN on call, it is scheduled to hold between December 22- 28th 2022 and it is being organised by the ‘A’ zone of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN).
Chairman, council of hosting fathers and mothers , Justice Idris Haroon, while addressing reporters in Ilorin, Monday said , “the essence of the vacation course is to imbibe in them (participants) genuine Isllamic culture” so as to deepen their knowledge about Islamic doctrines.
He said the vacation is also an opportunity for the participants to “widen their scope of interaction” especially,as some of them are “at the formative stage.”
Haroon, a retired grand khadi, of Kwara state, urged parents and guardians to release their children and wards for the vacation course.
Also, national cordinator, Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, allayed fears of parents about insecurity.
