Sambo to Commission Ilorin Mosque December 14
Vice President Namadi Sambo will visit Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Friday, December 14, to commission the multi-billion naira Ilorin Juma'at central mosque.
Former president Shehu Shagari will chair the ceremony while the Sultan of Sokoto, Alh. Sa'ad Abubakar III will lead other Muslims across the globe to the ancient city of Ilorin for the programme.
Addressing a press conference at the Emir's palace in Ilorin yesterday, the chairman, Central Working Committee of the central mosque, Alh. Shehu Shagari said adequate security measures had been put in place to ensure the security of the guests during their stay in Ilorin.
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal will lead other members of the House to the event while the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki will lead his colleagues from the senate to the ceremony.
He added that Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed who is the chief host would lead other 35 state governors to the event.
The chairman disclosed that the sum of N1.95 billion was expended on the expansion, re-modeling and general rehabilitation of the mosque which was first commissioned in 1981.
He said that the rehabilitation of the 20,000 capacity mosque was done within a period of six months, adding that, "specialists from over 14 countries worked on different segments of the mosque".
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