President Bola Tinubu, all the Southwest governors, Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Audu Sule, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, and other notable dignitaries are billed to attend the 10th General Assembly of Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) on Sunday, November 16, 2025.

This was disclosed on Friday during a press briefing to herald the annual event in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, by the President of MUSWEN and Deputy President-General (South) of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo.

Oladejo said that this year’s edition, hosted by the Osun State Muslim Community, will be held at Bola Babalakin Hall, Gbongan, on Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

While Tinubu is the father of the day, Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke will co-host with his counterparts in the region, including Biodun Oyebamiji of Ekiti State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Lucky Ayedatiwa of Ondo State and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.

He said, “His Eminence, Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, Sultan of Sokoto, The Amirul Mu’minin of Nigeria and President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), will be the Special Guest of Honour at the event.”

According to the MUSWEN President, the theme for the General Assembly is “Nigeria’s Economy: Any Hope For The Masses?” and the keynote address speaker on this theme is Governor Abdullahi Audu Sule of Nasarawa State.

Reacting to the designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern by the United States President, Donald Trump, Oladejo said the categorisation is both misplaced and unfortunate.

He said, “The redesignation, ostensibly fuelled by what Trump described as ‘genocide against the Nigerian Christian populace’, is to all intents and purposes, a manifestation of the well-known double standard of the United States in international diplomacy,” adding that Trump’s comments were laced with ulterior economic and political motives.

“The timing and ferociousness of Trump’s outburst call for serious cause for concern, as his motive appears not to be altruistic, as he would want the international community to believe, but laced with ulterior economic and political motives,” he stated.

Arguing that Muslims are the largest victims of insurgency in the country, Oladejo said, “There is nothing like genocide against a particular faith in Nigeria. If there is anything, both major religious groups, Christianity and Islam, suffer equally from the unfortunate onslaughts of the bandits and insurgents. In fact, we can even say, with all sense of responsibility, that due to the fact that most of the places affected by insurgency are largely populated by Muslims, members of the Islamic faith are the largest victims of insurgency and banditry. We refer to Niger, Kaduna, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, and even Kwara states.”