Kebbi Govt , Qatar Foundation To Build 100 Mosques In 21 LGs
Kebbi state Government has disclosed plans to build One Hundred mosques and boreholes at different locations in the state in collaboration with the Qatar Foundation while adding that the mosques and the boreholes will be constructed at different locations in the twenty one local governments in the state .
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that Governor Nasiru Idris’ Special Adviser on Religious Affairs, Engr. Imam Imrana Usman announced this on Friday during the opening ceremony of the Jumu’ah Mosque that was built by Alhaji Buhari Jega in Jega Local Government.
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Engr Imam Imrana Usman said the Kebbi state Government under Comrade, Dr. Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu’s leadership, attaches great importance to religious matters .
‘ Prayer is a paramount pillar of Islam, it is gratifying to see that our Ummah places high premium on Salat as basic obligation in our daily lives , hence the need for the construction of mosques.
I want to inform you that arrangements have reached and now at advanced stage between the Kebbi State Government and Qatar Foundation to construct more than 100 mosques and boreholes for the use of the Muslim Ummah and humanity in general.
We have since distributed allocation letters for the construction of the mosques to the various Islamic groups in the state. The Dariqa Movement has been allocated 30 mosques and boreholes’ he said.
He thanked all those who contributed to the construction of the new mosque in Jega , pledging on behalf of the state government, to provide a borehole and additional materials as required by the faithful.
He also commended Alhaji Abdullahi Buhari Jega for using his wealth to construct the mosque which he described as ‘a big worshipping edifice for Muslims’ and urged the wealth- to- do in the society to emulate him.
Usman appealed to adherents of different religions to live in peace, harmony and tranquility with one another and prayed Allah to salvage Nigeria out of her present economic and social challenges. Prominent Islamic Scholars from different parts of the country including the Dariqa Movement who observed the Jumu’ah prayer include Shiek Shehu Buba, the son of Shiek Shehu Tijjani Nyass and other Islamic clerics of Dariqa sect from Zamfara and Kano states and Ghana-Team@orientactualmags.com
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