BREAKING: Rafiu Ebiti Emerges New MUSWEN President, Succeeds Rasaki Oladejo

By KEMI KASUMU

Alhaji Rafiu Adisa Ebiti, FCA, a Nigerian chartered accountant, industrialist, administrator and prominent Muslim community leader, has emerged as the new President of the Muslim Ummah of South-West Nigeria (MUSWEN), succeeding Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, who has completed his six-year tenure.

Ebiti’s emergence was announced by Oladejo, the immediate past President and Chairman of the MUSWEN Shurah Committee.

Also announced were Alhaji Thabit Wale Sonaike as the new Deputy President I, replacing Ebiti, and former Trade Bank of Nigeria chief, Alhaji Jamiu Ekungba, as Deputy President II.

Ebiti previously served as Special Adviser on HIV and Related Matters to then Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, between 1999 and 2007, before his appointment as Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Health in July 2007.

The announcement of the new leadership was witnessed by the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, CFR, mni.

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