Buhari Orders Islamic Books included Into schools’ curriculum

Why Buhari wants Islamic books included in Federal schools’ curriculum

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to include
two Islamic Studies books written by the late Justice Muhammad Bashir Sambo in the
secondary school curriculum for all Federal Government Colleges.

The president, gave the directive, weekend, in Kaduna while launching the reviewed
editions of the books which were first published in 1974.
Represented by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, the President noted that such
books had become essential in the face of declining moral and religious values in the
country.
The Islamic Studies for Secondary Schools, co-sponsored by the Bashir Sambo Centre
for Islamic Da’awah and Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation in memory of late
Justice Bashir Sambo, former Judge of Sharia Court of Appeal and the Code of
Conduct Tribunal, were reviewed by Mallam Mukhtar Lere to conform with the current
6-3-3-4 educational system in the country.
Buhari thanked the co-authors for updating and structuring the books to match the new
secondary school curriculum. He urged the Ministry of Education to look at the books
with a view to adopting them in all government colleges.
The chairman, Board of Trustees of Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation, Alhaji
Umar A. Mutallab, said the Bashir Sambo Centre for Islamic Da’awah was established
by disciples and associates of late Justice Sambo in order to immortalise and inspire

the legacy of the late sage.