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.

Borgu     Abegunde Goke     Balogun-Ojomu     Abdulhakeem Amao     Sarkin Malamai     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Photo News     TESCOM 2025     COVID     Reuben Paraje     Umaru Saro     Zulu Gambari     BIR     Bond     Babaloja-General     Kwara State Fire Service     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Bayer AG     Buari Edun     Saidu Isa     Alapansapa     Yakubu Gobir     Yakubu Danladi     Kwara State University Of Education     Ganiyu Taofiq     Olokoba Sulyman     Kayode Ogunlowo     Mohammed Ibrahim     Yashikira     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Kwara Hotel     Ramat Oganija     Awili Pedro     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Afolayan     Isin     Moses Rahman Popoola     Joseph Bamigboye     Olatunji Ibrahim     New Naira Notes     Bola Olukoju     Ballah     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Okala Baba     Memunat Monsuma     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     COVID-19 Palliatives     Adesoye     Lanre Olosunde     Muritala Awodun     National Broadcasting Commission     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     KFA     Balogun Ajikobi     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     John Obuh     Oke-Ogun     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Oba Abu     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Wasiu Odewale     Michael Nzekwe     Agbarigidoma     Kawu Baraje     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Ibrahim Labaika     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Ben Duntoye     Gbugbu International Market     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     CLAY POT     Ilorin Like-Minds     Tinubu     NYSC     Abdullah Janet Amudat    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

KWIRS     Kayode Ogunlowo     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Isiaka Danmeromu     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Najim Yaasin     Yunus Lawal     Makama     JAMB     Usman Yunusa     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Atiku Abubakar     Frootify     Tosin Saraki     Cassava Growers\' Association     Kwara Apc     Oke-Kura     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     College Of Health     Bolakale Saka     Ajakaye     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Talaka Parapo     Kwara South     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Ibrahim Abikan     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Idowu Laro     Ibrahim Oniye     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Musbau A. Akanji     Aiyedun     Mohammed Abduraheem     Peculiar Allowance     Farouk Salim     Kola Olota     April 11     PharmAccess Foundation     Sadiq Umar     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Bello Bature     Okoolowo     Emir Of Kano     Atunwa     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Twitter     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Halidu Danbaba     Ballah     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Bibire Ajape     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Simon Sayomi     Women Radio     Toyin Abdullahi     Apaola     Yusuf Ali     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Muhammed Abdullahi     Alore     Lotus Bank     Ayobami Akanbi     Obuh     University Road     AbdulRauf Keji     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Baboko Primary School     Kannike     Wole Oke     Obasanjo     Gwanara     Javed Khan     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu