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Ilorin community floats world class Islamic library 

 

By Mumini Abdulkareem

Ilorin community in Kwara state has erected a world class e-Library within the premises of Ilorin Central Juma’at mosque.
The chairman of the the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the mosque, Alhaji Shehu AbdulGafar inaugurated members of the library’s board in Ilorin,the Kwara state capital yesterday.
The nine-member library board has  a Kwara’s retired Accountant General, Alhaji Suleiman Bayero as its chairman and professionals from Library Science and other walks of life, including a veteran journalist and former Chief Press Secretary to Kwara State Government, Alhaji Mas’ud Adebimpe as members.
Speaking at the event, AbdulGafar recalled that the master plan of the mosque which was remodelled in 2012 included a standard library.
He said the take off of the library witnessed a  delay due to paucity of funds.
The chairman, however, expressed delight that the library project and the mosque itself have continued to receive wide recognition, acceptance and support nationally and internationally from people from all walks of life.
“Dr Bukhari, an Imam at the holy mosque, Ka’aba , Saudi Arabia during a recent visit  described the mosque as the best on the African continent as at today.The Imam did not only leave Ilorin with a promise to assist in sourcing books for the library, he immediately initiated connections with authorities in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to see that his promises are fulfilled and that the mosque gets more assistance in that regard.
“To the glory of Allah, we have started seeing the result of the promise as both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait authorities have prepared containers of Islamic books ready to be shipped to Lagos  for onward delivery to the mosque.
“In our own little efforts, the central working committee of the mosque has procured  Islamic books from Saudi Arabian publishers to the tune of N5,120,000 ,” AbdulGafar disclosed.
He thanked the JAMB registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede for donating books to the library and thanked an ICT consultant, Alhaji Hamza Usman for donating 10 computers,table, chairs and installation cable to establish an e- library in the mosque.
Responding, the library board’s chair, Alhaji Suleiman Bayero thanked the mosque’s CWC for finding them worthy of the appointment, promising not to betray the confidence repose in them.

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