Dangote Foundation has donated a mosque worth N100 million to the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria, FOMWAN, in Abuja.

Chief Corporate Communication Officer, Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, made this known on Wednesday in a statement released in Abuja.

He said that the foundation took over the building of the mosque in Utako District of Abuja following an appeal by FOMWAN to the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote.
Mr Chiejina said the mosque was handed over to Amina Omoti, National Ameera of FOMWAN by Musa Bala, a member of the foundation at a ceremony in Abuja.

Speaking at the event, Ustaz Bala said the gesture was aimed at touching the lives of the people by providing a magnificent place of worship.

Responding, Mrs Omoti promised that the mosque would be commissioned and opened for Juma’at prayers in January 2018.

She commended the foundation for the gesture and also thanked the Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar for his numerous support towards the building of the mosque.

“Words are not enough to express how we feel but suffice it to note that the beautiful house of worship.

“FOMWAN Board of Trustees will soon meet to constitute a management committee for the mosque,’’ she said.