Dr. Thamer Baazeem, the Director of Marketing and Communication has said that the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has no agenda to Islamise Nigeria.
Leading a four-man delegation to Vanguard Regional Office, Abuja, yesterday, he explained that the IsDB was like any other Development Finance Institution mainly focusing on the socio-economic development of the people in member countries
He said they are a socio-economic development agency or institution and their projects can be in a Christian dominated community, or Muslim dominated community, depending on the needs of the country.
If the national development plan says they have a need anywhere,, the project will be done there, no matter the religion or ethnicity in that part of the country.
He said that they have communities in non-member countries but they help them in projects like schools and hospitals and these facilities are open to everyone. He also stated that these facilities help people to be better citizens of their countries-because when people have better economic status, they begin to contribute to the development of their nations, no matter whether they are Muslins or not.
He also called on the media to help them in tackling this perception because that will help a lot in the success of their projects in Nigeria and other countries.
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