Gobir gives hope for completion of over 200-year-old Gambari mosque

Date: 2022-10-27

A total sum of N250 million required for the completion of the ongoing reconstruction project of the ancient Imam Gambari mosque, Ilorin, Kwara State has been donated by a philanthropist in the state.

Speaking at the handover ceremony for the reconstruction of the over 200-year-old mosque in Ilorin on Wednesday, the philanthropist and social entrepreneur, Waziri Yakubu Gobir, said that he singlehandedly embarked on the completion of the reconstruction because of his love for community service and progress of the Ilorin emirate.

It is recalled that some indigenes of the Ilorin emirate had at one time or the other contributed finances, totalling about N30 million, towards the reconstruction project of the ancient mosque, which was being supervised by a committee.

Gobir, who said that the reconstruction of the mosque would give it befitting architectural and structural modifications that would reflect its historical status, added that “The mosque was first erected in the 17th Century and for more than 200 years now, it has been a centre for Quranic Tafsir during Ramadan. Eid-Prayers have been taking place in the mosque for more than 200 years. The great scholar, Sheu Alimi, used to attend Jummat prayer and Tafsir in the mosque.”

Gobir, who is also the governorship candidate of the Young Peoples Party (YPP), said that he is not the wealthiest person in the state, adding that his intention was borne out of sustaining the historical importance of the mosque, Gobir family, Islamic propagation and Ilorin Emirate.

In his sermon at the occasion, a leading Islamic scholar in the state, Sheikh Sulaiman Sheu Borno, described the gesture as service to God and humanity, adding that the philanthropist stood in good stead to benefit Allah's reward for bankrolling completion of the reconstruction project of the ancient mosque.

The cleric also admonished that people should always spend in the way of Allah, saying that they stand to gain a lot here on earth and thereafter by doing so.

Some of the dignitaries at the event included Chief Imam of Ilorin; Sheikh Bashir Mohammad Soliu, Imam Imale of Ilorin, Ajanasi Agba; Sheikh Mustapha, Justice Idris Haroon, Professor Yusuf Lanre Badmus, members of Gambari Council of Ulamau and Imams, among others.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Isiaka Alikinla     Ilorin     Segun Ogunsola     Oke-Oyi     Kwara NIPR     Akanji     Ibrahim Oniye     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Akume     Ifelodun     Forgo Battery     Emir Of Shonga     Kolawole Akande     Shuaib Abdulkadir     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Kayode Laro     Offorjama     Halidu Danbaba     Bashir Adigun     Sheriff Shagaya     Ogbondoroko     School Of Nursing     Nnazua     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Yusuf Abubakar     Alabi Lawal     Olatunji Ayeni     Galadima     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Face Masks     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Diagnostic Centre     Sa\'adu Gambari     Sherif Sagaya     Government House     Guber Aspirant     Kazeem Oladepo     Bursary     Idiagbon     Sarakite     Ayedun     Tunde Oyawoye     Mahfouz Adedimeji     NaAllah     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     KW-GIS     Ahmad Lawan     CKNG     Isiaka Yusuf     Rafiu Ajakaye     Babaita     Aminu Ado Bayero     Tunde Kazeem     Kwara Hotel     Sa\'adu Salau     IsDB     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Toyosi Thomas     Baba Idris     Kwara Consultative Forum     Baba Isale     Akeem Olatunji     Suleiman Abubakar     Rachael Obisesan     Sabo-Oke     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Moronfoye     Kaiama     Iqra Books     Ghali Alaaya     Nagode     Ekiti     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Minimum Wage     Kazeem Oladepo     Omotosho     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     JAAC     Solomon Edojah     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Playing Host     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Prince Bola Ajibola     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Mamman Saba Jibril     Mufutau Olatinwo     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Ajasse-Ipo     Abraham Ojo     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Aremu Bose Deborah     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Bolaji Nagode     Kannike     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Ben Duntoye     Amasa     Alikinla     Musa Aibinu     Al-Adaby     Musa Yeketi     Dele Belgore     Iliasu     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Yemi Osinbajo     Bayer AG     Gani Saadu     Erubu Oba Zubair     IQRA College     COVID-19 Palliatives     Aso Ofi     NTA Ilorin     Abdulraheem Yusuf     LEAH Charity Foundation     Park     NIPOGA     Hassanat Bello     Matthew Okedare     Alfa Yahaya Road     Mohammed Haruna     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Baba Isale     Tunji Folami     Shehu Adaramaja     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Egbewole     Cornelius Adebayo     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Abdulwaheed Musa     Agbarere     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Dumagi     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Ademola Kiyesola     Idiagbon     Mansur Alfanla     Ronke Adeyemi     Alanamu     Garba Dogo     Jamiu Oyawoye     Bankole Omisore     Adegoke Bamidele     Kazeem Gbolagade     Dauda Adesola     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road