“May Allah continue to give us the opportunity to serve him and serve humanity.”
He said that the mosque provided not only environment for them to pray the Jumma’t and other prayers “it could even enhance the productivity of staff because they may not need to go far away from here for prayers.
“Maintenance should be our business; that is by those who made the contribution; 400,000 per month for a senator and 250, 000 per member of the house of representatives of the 9th assembly.
“We have our brothers and sisters in the 10th national assembly. I believe that the next assembly, that the maintenance of the mosque should be our business as well.”
Chairman, Mosque Construction Committee, Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau (PDP-Kano) said that the idea for the construction of the new National Assembly Mosque began in 2021.
This, he said was when the joint leadership of the two legislative chambers set up the National Assembly Mosque Project Management Committee.
“It comprised of four senators, 10 members of the House of Representatives and three members from national assembly management.
“It was to look into the possibility of providing a permanent and more befitting mosque to replace the makeshift mosque which proved to be very inadequate.
“All 227 of us agreed to bear the brunt of the project, and within eight months of this agreement, we had contributed well over N570 million.
“Apart from earning Allah’s pleasure, these lawmakers have set the pace and made history by providing what is long overdue to the Muslim members of this huge legislative community.
“Arguably, this is the first Mosque built in the 42-year existence of the National Assembly,” Shekarau said.
Also speaking, Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Tambuwal said that the desire for a Jumm’at mosque became necessary due to the demanding nature of legislative work.
“This is as it relates to parliamentarians and legislative staff which makes it tasking to attend Jumma’t mosque by worshiping outside the assembly.
“The mosque is now a great relieve,’ Tambuwal said.
(NAN)