The Directorate of Muslim Affairs of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA), Lagos State, has held a strategic stakeholders engagement to mobilize grassroots support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the election of Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat as Governor of Lagos State.
The meeting, held on Tuesday, September 30, 2026, at the RHA Secretariat, drew stakeholders comprising Chief Imams from the five IBILE divisions of Lagos, heads of Arabic Markaz, mosque leaders and heads of Islamic organizations.
Director of Muslim Affairs, *Alhaji Waheed Tella*, who convened the meeting alongside his Deputy, *Alhaji M. O. Sanni*, Secretary *Hajia Aloba Idayah, Esq.* and Unit Heads Alhaji Tajudeen Uzamot and Alhaji Wasiu, said the Directorate has a mandate to deliver the Muslim vote which he put at over 15 million in Lagos State.
Tella disclosed that the Director General of RHA Lagos is *Hon. Tayo Ayinde*, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Lagos State.
Delivering a lecture, *Dr. Shaykh Muslihudeen Abiodun Kalejaye Founder of AENUR RAHMAH INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NIGERIA charged the Ummah on strategic leadership and urged Muslims to participate more actively in governance to support and guard our votes discussing the tremendous efforts of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Infrastructure, Economic Stability and Nation Building.
In his keynote address, the Chief of Staff of RHA Lagos, *Dr. AbdulGaniu Sopeyin*, reeled out achievements of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, citing reforms at the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the NELFUND student loan scheme. He urged parents to take advantage of the Federal Government interventions and charged all faithful to obtain and safeguard their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).
The meeting also featured an interactive session where issues of PVC sensitization, welfare of mosques and inclusion of women in businesses were raised.
Responding, Dr. AbdulGaniu Sopeyin said RHA has created Directorates for Women Affairs and Business Women to ensure inclusion, assuring that the Renewed Hope Ambassadors has come to stay.
Stakeholders present included leaders of Jamahly, Jamatul Islamiyya, Al-Fatih-Quareeb, FOMWAN, MSSN-Lagos, Al-Muminat, Darul Falah, Darur Ishrad, The Criterion, NACOMYO, NADWAT, Assama Adani, Nawairudeen and Islamic Prayer Warriors, among others.