From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Islamic clerics have declared that women are entitled to hold any executive leadership position in the society if they are qualified.
The clerics made their position know at a one day seminar on Women in Judicial and Executive Leadership held at Islamic Education Trust in Minna.
Guest Speakers at the event, Professor Usman Shuaib of BUK, Doctor Ibrahim Umar of University of Maiduguri and former Kwara state Grand Khadi, Justice M.A Hambali, stressed the need for Muslim Women to participate in executive leadership and judiciary positions in Nigeria.
They urged Islamic scholars in the country to identify the right women in leadership positions, saying women have the Islamic legal rights to occupy any position, pointing out that any Muslim Woman can vie for the highest position.
Also speaking, Wife of Niger State Governor, Doctor Amina Abubakar Sani Bello, said the aim of the programme was to know what the Quran and Sunnah said about the role of women in leadership.
She lamented over the marginalization and relegation of women in both politics and executive leadership in the country.
