Sultan, Gov Bala To Commission Multi-million Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi Mosque

BY KHALID IDRIS DOYA, Bauchi

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar III and Bauchi State Governor, Bala A Mohammed, on Friday, they will lead the commission ceremony of an ultra-modern multi-million Naira Central Mosque and Islamic Center in the State built by Wunti Al-Khair Foundation.

The ultra-modern Friday Mosque named Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi Integrated Islamic Centre, consists of a conference hall, Islamiyya School with 18 classrooms, lecture hall, Imam’s Residence and Rauda with state-of-the-art facilities, 24 restrooms, two standard libraries, among others.

Speaking with journalists on Thursday during a tour of the center, the Project Manager, Abdulrazak Wunti, said that the project was designed to meet laid down building and construction regulations of the government.

“The project has the main mosque, Rauda and a conference hall. The old mosque could carry only 760 worshippers at a time.

“But what we did now was to expand and increase the size of the main mosque and it now has a capacity of 3,500 worshippers while the outside also has a capacity of 3,500. The Islamiyya has 18 classes six toilets, two conference halls, two standard libraries and two computer laboratories.

“While constructing this project, we adhered strictly to the laid down building standards. Officials of the State Development Board kept coming here for inspection to ensure that we complied with the rules and regulations of quality control and quality assurance. I can assure you that we complied with all of them,” Wunti said. 

Also speaking, Rabiu Maijama’a Wunti, the Project Supervisor, “All preparations are completed for the inauguration of the Islamic centre centre for the people of Bauchi.

“We have achieved 98 percent of this project from the planning, regulatory compliance, communication with key stakeholders among others. We are expecting over 10,000 people here (to come for the commissioning),” he said.

He urged the public to follow all the rules put in place during the inauguration of the edifice to ensure hitch-free commissioning of the Islamic Center.

Speaking on behalf of Sheik the Dahiru Bauchi Foundation, Imam Tijjani Dahiru appreciated the foundation for initiating this magnificent Islamic centre.

He said that “The edifice beat our imaginations. We thought it was only a mosque, but it turned out to be a centre with Islamiyya, a conference hall, residence, among others with state of the art facilities.

“We are grateful to the Wunti Al-Khair Foundation for this kind gesture. We give the assurance that we have put in place mechanism to ensure the maintenance of this Center.”

Also, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed,during a tour of the Center to assess its level of completion, commended the Wunti Al-Khair Foundation for constructing a befitting Islamic center for a renown  Islamic cleric Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi.

The Governor expressed satisfaction with the quality and level of work done and assured of his administration’s continuous support for religious activities for sustainable growth and development.