The management of Ilorin Central Jum’mat Mosque in Kwara state has installed Close Circuit Television (CCTV) in and around the mosque complex to ensure security of worshippers.
The CCTV project covers both the interior and exterior parts of the expansive mosque complex.
The management has also completed the Library section of the mosque with over 20,000 books collection and journals.
The chairman of the Mosque’s central working committee, Alh Sheu AbdulGafar, disclosed this Thursday during the meeting of the mosque’s board of trustees and stakeholders held in Ilorin .
AbdulGafar, who presented the 2021 progress report of the Mosque said the functions of the CCTV can be monitored by designated officers from their phones and from any parts of the world.
He added the mosque’s library complex which has over 20,000 collection of books and journals covering all aspects of Islamic studies and a few professional books in engineering, law, accounting and English language.
The library, which is equipped with internet facility, serves both digital and manual users.
The chairman disclosed that the Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has approved the use of 65 plots of land at the Ilorin Yidi praying ground for investment purposes for the Central Juma’at Mosque.
AbdulGafar further disclosed that the state government has issued a certificate of occupancy (C of O) in respect of the Ilorin Yidi praying ground in favour of the Ilorin central Juma’at Mosque.
Also speaking, the chairman, Board of Trustees of the Ilorin Central Juma’at Mosque, Justice Alfa Belgore, said Ilorin is wholly Islam.
The former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), who said the people of Ilorin are God- fearing and peaceful, urged the people to continue in that regard .
