Why I Volunteered To Bring Gambari Mosque Project To Completion-Yakubu Gobir

Kwara state YPP Gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Yakubu Gobir on Wednesday expanded on reasons why he volunteered to take the ongoing Gambari mosque project to completion.

He said the love for   his family,  Ilorin community  and Kwara state  as a whole had  made him  continue  to show concern for the happiness and welfare of others and take steps to touch people’s lives.

Gobir said this in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, while giving his speech during the prayer session and handover ceremony of the Gambari Mosque project.

The Gambari mosque is of historical significance , for  200 straight years,  Tafsir had been held at the mosque  during the holy month of  Ramadan while Eid-Prayers had also been held there  for  200 unbroken years.

Gobir also said he  had seemingly  focused attention  on ancient and  historic buildings like he had done in respect of the mosque citing  the Oke-Suna  primary school , Ilorin  which was in a deplorable state and gotten rehabilitated and equipped with solar- powered lights and computer centre through his foundation..

He   noted however that  he was happy to have sponsored the Oke-Suna primary school renovation project being a school  that had many prominent Nigerians as products ,where his late father was also  a teacher. Gobir added that the first Waziri of Ilorin was a student, a teacher and later a headmaster at the school in question. .

Taking questions from  journalists including  Team@orientactualmags.com as he made to leave the venue of the event, the YPP guber candidate, who is the Wazirin Hausa of Daura and the Madawaki of Ilorin, noted that  he is  though not the richest person in Ilorin or Kwara state as a whole but he however strongly believes in showing  concern for the well-being of others which  should be the ultimate goal.

Noting that doing  this had not been without challenges  he however said he had  stayed committed because of his being altruistic

‘One of the challenges is that when you even volunteer to do things, people will attack you but when you have it at the back of your mind that it is for the land, your community and not the people, you will not be discouraged’ he said.

Commenting on the recent flood incidents recorded in the country, the YPP guber candidate  indentified  global warming as a causative factor.

‘It’s is beyond what anyone can control, it is as  a result of global warming.

 The federal government is not the problem, the issue is very clear, global warming is here to stay and it will continue to have effect on our environment’ he said.

Also responding to a reporter’s question with regard to the promise made by the state PDP chairman, Alhaji Babatunde Mohammed   on Tuesday that  the party will ensure an issue-based and a violence –free campaign, Gobir described this as a welcome development  saying he not only  subscribes  to such a position  but also  hopes that  all the political parties will follow suit..

  Referring to  all the gubernatorial candidates in the state as  ‘brothers’ , he cautioned  his supporters  and those supporting   other  guber  candidates against cyber bullying and hate speeches  noting that whoever does that  would be considered as being on ‘his or  her own’.

‘We are all brothers, we’ve all known each other all our lives. We do call each other,  laugh and joke’ he said.

Earlier in his short sermon , Sheikh Suleiman Sonu Shehu, who was the guest lecturer ,  had  commended Alhaji  Yakubu Gobir for the initiative saying , the Gobir family had always been known for being altruistic citing how one of the patriarchs of the family was known for distributing money to  people at the family house on Fridays.

He noted that a person ,who is truly rich is someone ,who  is wealthy and willing to spend and make money  available  when people request for assistance, while a true cleric is also  one who when asked for  explanations on  matters that have to with religion would be forthcoming..

He commended Alhaji Yakubu Gobir for taking over the mosque project which he described as a historic building- Team@orientactualmags.com
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