Advisory Council of Experts

Prof. Tajudeen is a Lecturer at the Actuarial Science and Insurance Department, University of Lagos. He holds a PhD from Nottingham University and an M.Sc & BSc from the University of Lagos in Management and Insurance, respectively.

He is a member of many professional bodies, including the Chartered Insurance Institute UK, the Market Research Society UK and the Chartered Islamic Finance Professionals of Malaysia. He is the founder and chairman of the governing council of the Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals (IIFP).

Imam Isma’eel Busaeri is LLB (Islamic Law), BA (English Language and Literature), MA (Islamic Studies with special interest in Islamic Finance and poverty alleviation).

He is a progressive and self-motivated resource person, a consultant with over 10 years of professional and field experience in political engagement, public policy, social interaction, interfaith reflective dialogue, conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

He is an expert on poverty alleviation and community development intervention.

Barr. Muhammad I. Lawal is actively involved in litigation in the courts both as an advocate of Shari’a and English law.

Acts as a legal consultant both in English and Islamic law since 1992 to date. He is Chairman of the Panel that drafted the Procedural law for Islamic Customary law for Lagos State, Mediation, Conciliation and Counseling both in Civil and Islamic cases for over 20 years on issues related to marriage, divorce, custody and guardianship of minors, distribution of Muslim’s estates according to Shari’a, Islamic Contracts and general Mua’malah through the Independent Sharia Panel and private practice as Shari’a expert.

He adjudicated and gave judgments among parties on various Islamic Contracts such as Islamic Partnership, Leasing, and other Islamic commercial transactions such as Mushaarakah, Wakaalah, Muraabaha, Rahn, Waqf, through the Independent Sharia Panel. Treated issues of Takaful or Islamic Insurance and even drafted for interested parties on various Islamic documents, which include Islamic Wills, Miiraath and their interpretation.

Barr. Muhammad attended Seminars and Training on Islamic Economics, Islamic Banking and Finance, Takaful or Islamic Insurance, and Islamic Mortgage across the nation through the auspices of the Supreme Council For Sharia. He delivers lectures as a facilitator to Islamic Law Students at both the University Campuses and the Law School, Lagos Campus on Islamic Finance, Mortgage and Islamic Moot Court Judge (Qadi) under the auspices of the National Association of Muslim Law Students. He has communicative proficiency in Arabic, English, Hausa and Yoruba, written and oral.