MURIC Congratulates Dogarawa on Appointment as Shariah Council Secretary-GeneralBy
By KEMI KASUMU
“We heartily congratulate Professor Dogarawa on his new position. At the same time, we commend the SCSN for doing diligence in its new choice. The Shari’ah Council has put a round peg in a round hole,” Akintola said.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has congratulated Professor Ahmad Bello Dogarawa on his appointment as the new Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN).
Dogarawa’s appointment followed the demise of the council’s former Secretary-General, Mallam Nafiu Baba Ahmad.
In a press release dated November 14, 2026, MURIC’s Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, described the appointment as a well-deserved choice, expressing confidence in the new secretary-general’s capacity to provide effective leadership for the council’s secretariat.
“We heartily congratulate Professor Dogarawa on his new position. At the same time, we commend the SCSN for doing diligence in its new choice. The Shari’ah Council has put a round peg in a round hole,” Akintola said.
He described Dogarawa as an accomplished academic with extensive experience in accounting, Islamic economics and Islamic finance.
According to MURIC, the new secretary-general teaches accounting at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, and has distinguished himself in both academic and Islamic scholarly circles.
The organisation noted that Dogarawa is a Fellow of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria and a Certified Management Trainer.
His academic qualifications include a first degree in Business Management, a master’s degree in Banking and Finance from Bayero University, Kano, and a doctorate in Accounting and Finance from ABU, Zaria.
MURIC described his professional and academic credentials as impressive, expressing confidence that they would enable him to discharge the responsibilities of his new office effectively.
“MURIC felicitates with this academic giant as he assumes his daunting task as general scribe of the SCSN. We affirm our full confidence in his ability to run an efficient secretariat for Nigeria’s Shari’ah ombudsman,” Akintola added.
The organisation also congratulated the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria on what it described as a commendable choice of successor.
