Prof. AbdulRazzaq AbdulMajeed Alaro, mni

Prof. AbdulRazzaq AbdulMajeed Alaro, mni (Member of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies), is an Islamic law scholar, Shariah consultant and arbitrator with over two decades of experience in Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic banking, insurance and capital market law, and legal education. He is Professor of Islamic Law at the University of Ilorin, where he has also served as Head of the Department of Islamic Law. He sits on the Financial Regulation Advisory Committee of Experts (FRACE) at the Central Bank of Nigeria and has advised the National Insurance Commission, the Debt Management Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Pension Commission. In 2021, he delivered the 196th Inaugural Lecture of the University of Ilorin. He graduated with First Class Honours in Islamic Law from the Islamic University of Madinah in 1993 as the overall best graduating student, and earned his Master’s degree and first Ph.D. there with the highest distinction. He later obtained an LL.M. and a second Ph.D. from Omdurman University, Sudan, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016 after attending the Nigerian Law School, Abuja. He is a Member of the National Institute (mni), a Certified Islamic Arbitrator and Expert, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), a Member of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals (FIFP). His honours include the Nigerian Islamic Finance Person of the Year (2025), the Islamic University of Madinah’s Most Outstanding Alumnus in Intellectual Impact award (2023) and the Kwara State Lifetime Achievement Award (2022). He continues to shape Islamic finance regulation, practice and scholarship in Nigeria.