The Muslimat Plays Significant Role In National Development – NASFAT

The Muslimat Plays Significant Role In National Development – NASFAT

Zainab Tanimu

Kaduna, North – West, Nigeria

The Muslim Woman (Muslimat) has been identified as contributing positively to national development.

This declaration was made by the National Women leader NASFAT Worldwide Hajia Suweebah Bola Kupolati at the Fund Raising of Aseese Utra Modern Mosque project/ Inauguration ceremony of NASFAT Zonal Executives held at NASFAT Mosque Kaduna.

Women are often expected to be obedient wives and mothers, staying within the family environment, while men are expected to be protectors and caretakers of the family. However, the  Muslim woman has not only been performing these duties but also go a step further in making her impact felt in nation building.

According to Hajia Suweebah,

“Most of the projects we have in NASFAT, women have contributed both financially

and morally. It will interest you to know that 70 to 80 percent of NASFAT’S membership are women. We have close to one million membership, which means that about 700,000 are women.

We have programs and activities for women that kept NASFAT in the limelight

“I am glad to tell you that we have just completed our 22nd Women’s week celebration and our women are raising 100M to establish NASFAT international hospital and the hospital will be named  NASFAT Modern Child hospital. So, the women of NASFAT are doing fund raising. I am happy to tell you that as at our last meeting the women have been able to raise good amount of money.

Insha Allah by next year, we would be able to lay the foundation of the hospital. We have met with the government of Lagos state and have promised to give us a land.

Still on the contributions of the women, she said,

“We run charity support for the orphanage homes, hospitals, correctional centers and we empower our women to help them develop their livelihood in order to help them with responsibilities.

“We also organize health programs for  our women to ensure that women in NASFAT are in good health and we also extend it to non members.

In the executive council of NASFAT, 50 to 60 percent membership are women.

As to whether the Muslimat ( the Muslim Woman) is playing significant role in terms of national development, she has this to say.

“Exactly, she is striving hard. The Muslimat has a big role to play.

The theme of the just concluded Women’s Week was , ‘ The Contribution  of Muslim Women to Security in Nigeria.

We have realized that once husbands are ready to carry out their responsibilities so it’s important that we develop and empower our women so that they will be able to take care of their responsibilities in their various homes. By extension, their communities and nation at large.

Most of these problems we are having today from the youth is because parents are not taking good care of their children.

 Once the women are empowered, developed, they will bring up their children properly.”

Emphasizing, the security challenges we are facing today if not becoming a thing of the past can at least be brought to its minimal level.