The 19 Northern Muslim Intellectual Forum drawn from 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership and endorsed his second-term bid.

The forum announced its position during a closed-door meeting held in Dutse, the capital of Jigawa State.The closed-door meeting which was attended by over 500 members of the forum, was chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin; and supported by the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Political Affairs, Hon. Ibrahim Kabiru Masari; and the Minister of State for Housing, Hon. Dr. Muttaka Darma.

The event was graced by eight Governors comprise of Umar Namadi of Jigawa State, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, Uba Sani of Kaduna State, and Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State, as well as representatives of the governors of Kebbi and Katsina States, among others.

The Muslim Intellectual Forum, led by Sheikh Abdullahi Sale Pakistan, is a coalition of Islamic preachers, Juma’at imams, academics, and other Islamic scholars who deliver lectures and participate in various intellectual forum.

While reading the resolutions of the meeting to newsmen, the Minister of State for Housing, Dr. Muttaka Darma, stated that the forum reviewed the progress made in the North over the past three years in terms of public infrastructure provision, including roads, railways, education, water supply, health, and other public service deliveries.

The forum expressed satisfaction with President Tinubu’s efforts in promoting security, social stability, and the economic well-being of northern Nigeria and the country as a whole.

Parts of the forum Communique reads “After expressing satisfaction with the exemplary leadership of President Bola Tinubu, the forum has endorsed his second-term bid and urged all well-meaning Nigerians to support him for the achievement of a greater Nigeria,” the minister stated.