Obasanjo To Build A N350m Ultra-modern Mosque, Arabic School In Abeokuta

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday laid the foundation of a N350,000,000 (three hundred and fifty million naira) ultra-modern central mosque and Arabic school within the premises of his Presidential Library in Oke-Mosan Abeokuta.

Sources say Obasanjo decided to construct a mosque within the premises of the controversial Presidential Library so as to make the place look international and as well erase the impression that he hates northerners and Islam.

The source said further that four governors in the north held a closed door meeting with Obasanjo before the event where they discussed 2015 election and how President Goodluck Jonathan would be either convinced or stopped from re-contesting to pave way for a Northerner as the next President.

The four Northern governors that were present at the foundation laying and fund raising of Olusegun Obasanjo Baytus Salam central Mosque are Kebbi; Usman Dakingari, Kano State; Rabi Kwakwanso, Sokoto; Aliyu Wamakko, Katsina state governor; Sheu-Shemma Shetima who was represented by his deputy. Each of them donated N20 million for the construction of the mosque.

Others who contributed to the Obasanjo’s mosque and arabic school were the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal who pledged N2 million, Chairman of Dangote group of companies ,Alhaji Aliko Dangote who promised N25 million, former governor of Kebbi State, Senator Adamu Aleru who pledged N10 million.

Former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki also pledged N2 million while former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar also sent a sum of five million naira pledge towards the construction of the mosque.

Also the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi donated N5 million.

Other States that contributed to the construction of the mosque were Adamawa, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kogi, Kwara and Ogun States which all sent their pledges of N20 million each through the Sokoto state governor.

Speaking at the gathering, Obasanjo, a Christian of the Baptist faith himself, urged Nigerians to have religious tolerance and be accommodating, one to another. “I believe that the more you know your God, the better you will be able to serve him,” Obasanjo said.

http://www.informationnigeria.org/2012/11/obasanjo-to-build-a-n350m-ultra-modern-mosque-arabic-school-in-abeokuta.html

Alhaji Maclatunji, you still dey?

Association of looters (AOL)raising funds,mtchew.

sound more like the commencement of operation eject the drinkard from the rock

more to the point, it looks like most of the funds for objs mosque are public funds, going by the donators

oyb: sound more like the commencement of operation eject the drinkard from the rock

more to the point, it looks like most of the funds for objs mosque are public funds, going by the donators

what else if it was not so?

rubbish...... nonsense and wasting of unavailable resources........ the money those northan gov used to sponsor boko-haram has exhusted and seeking more money will cause more havoc to the country.... rubbish....

They think they can deceive God they just deceiving themselves

He just acted as a politician not as a believer, when Fashola a supposed Muslim is breaking down some mosque for fear of its breeding violence another uninformed man who is more interested in how people see him than in what God thinks of him is busy raising further hotbed of terrorism. You want to show religious tolerance to people who have no iota of tolerance in them. Just watch how they will delete this post or even ban me because its posted in their section

Obviously...obasanjo himsef aint gon spend a kobo on dis project....seems to me hes gonna gain more from dis....I dey lafu oooooo.. Good Project tho.

Well done ugly monster!

Fuq am tayad of reading stuffz about this old loot... OBJ is just trying to buy a good reputation for himself with dis his unwarranted charity

oyb: sound more like the commencement of operation eject the drinkard from the rock

more to the point, it looks like most of the funds for objs mosque are public funds, going by the donators

Is yr 'father' the drinkard? Such behaviour can be taken care of nowadays though

This man is certainly one of Nigeria's untribalistic, unbiased and nonreligious bigot to ever ever come out of Nigeria.

The Yorubas don't know what they have in this man until he will be no more.


Can people also see that Obasanjo even while out of power has more relevance and support than the idi*ot in Aso rock. Even his former enemies (Sanusi, Atiku and kwankwaso) are all part of this gesture.

Let Jonathan try such out of office and see if even the CAN president he gave a jet to will turn up not to talk of the chicken and goats roaming the streets of Otueke.

OBJ trying to gain northern support in other to be relevant in PDP inner caucus come 2015.

k2039: Association of looters (AL)raising funds,mtchew.

Me thinks AOL is better...

taharqa: Is yr 'father' the drinkard? Such behaviour can be taken care of nowadays though

who released this on from sucking on otueke ode's prick?

Obj and his likes should just quietly commit suicide and Nigeria will finally be a better place. We need fresh government and fresh air but not gej's own fresh air

its OK for christians to be religiously tolerant, and we have always been. But ask all these northern governors how many of them will allow for a church to be built in the heart of their state capitals...no way!
Yet they will do anything to promote islam down south. Let the northern leaders, elder statesmen take a cue from Obj!

May Allah bless him

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alaoeri: OBJ trying to gain northern support in other to be relevant in PDP inner caucus come 2015.

You obvioudly are too young to know anything about Obasanjo.

Right from 1965, he has always not had this ethnic and religious sentiments we face today. He has always been fair in his judgement. No other ruler since 1999 can boast of having a majority northern dominated cabinet like Obasanjo.

Also the North will always trust Obasanjo than any other Eastern, southern or western person or why do you think they nominated him in 1999 to be president.

He is not a TRAITOR like Jonathan

Men at work

Skybancs: rubbish...... nonsense and wasting of unavailable resources........ the money those northan gov used to sponsor boko-haram has exhusted and seeking more money will cause more havoc to the country.... rubbish....

are u sure dis man is not one of dis boko boys we are looking 4?

politicians never cease to amaze.....mosque ke! well this dude has been alternating sides (religion) that suits his ambition at any given time. well done obj.

Still good to me. Atleast the low life people who fight stuupidly because of religion would have the impression that he's tolerance of islam.

Pls he should go and build a school in Owerri to show that he doesn't hate Igbos. These our politicians are just shameless.

This man is certainly one of Nigeria's untribalistic, unbiased and nonreligious bigot to ever ever come out of Nigeria.

The Yorubas don't know what they have in this man until he will be no more.

taharqa: Is yr 'father' the drinkard? Such behaviour can be taken care of nowadays though

U can correct constructively witout. Involving d father

And the charade continues.