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A gaggle of Islamic students in Osun State has advised Governor Ademola Adeleke to nominate the following chairman of the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board from a zone that hasn’t ever occupied the placement.
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The Best Council of Islamic Students of Nigeria, Osun department, made the attraction in a letter dated October 9, 2026, caution towards any association that would prolong the tenure of the incumbent chairman, Dr Moruf Isola, past this 12 months.
The council argued that appointing a successor would advertise equity and inclusiveness, in particular for zones that experience but to supply a boss of the board.
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Within the letter signed via the State Coordinator, Mallam Isiak Abdul Rahman, and 5 different students representing Ede, Ikire, Ife, Ikirun and Ila zones, and addressed to Governor Adeleke, the students mentioned, “Isola has spent 8 consecutive years in place of work, making him the longest-serving chairman within the historical past of the board.”
The council’s place adopted a confrontation amongst Islamic teams over the incumbent chairman’s tenure and the query of which zone will have to produce his successor.
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The debate emerged after the Osun State League of Imams and Alfas, led via the Grand Imam of Osun, Shaykh Musa Animasahun, spoke back to a requirement via the Iwo Board of Ulama for an indigene of Iwo to be appointed chairman.
The League reportedly maintained that Isola, who hails from Osogbo zone, will have to stay in place of work till 2030, arguing that different zones will have to be regarded as for the placement after his tenure expires.
On the other hand, the Best Council of Islamic Students rejected the proposed extension, describing it as unfair and over the top.
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“Any try to prolong his tenure past this 12 months 2026 will make him spend 12 years as Chairman of Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, which hasn’t ever came about in any state within the South-West,” the council said.
The students mentioned Osogbo had cumulatively occupied the placement for greater than 15 years, whilst Ijesa had held it for almost 11 years and Iwo for just about seven years.
They famous that Ife, Ede, Ikire, Ikirun and Ila-Orangun had but to supply a boss.
The council additionally challenged the advice that the League of Imams and Alfas had unique authority to resolve who will have to occupy the placement, arguing that there was once no regulation granting the organisation such powers.
It advised Adeleke to inspire Isola to go away place of work after finishing 8 years and appoint a successor from an unrepresented zone, insisting that the transfer would advertise equitable illustration and zonal steadiness within the control of Muslim pilgrims’ affairs in Osun State.
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