The Qatar Charity Organisation has promised to be
a mosque in each of the 17 local government areas of Yobe state.
A statement at the weekend by the spokesman to Governor Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe
State , Mallam Abdullahi Bego at the weekend said the non-profit based
organisation with headquarter in Doha, Qatar also promised provide one
motorized borehole and hand pump machine in each of the 17 locations in the
state.
The statement said the Executive Director of the Organisation, Mr Hamdi Elsayed
revealed this during a meeting he had with the Yobe Governor at the Yobe
Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
According to the statement, Mr. Elsayed said the mosques, boreholes and hand
pumps would all be provided pro bono as an act of charity to the people of the
state.
Elsayed had said his organisation had provided such services in eight states
across the country, including Bauchi, Taraba, Cross River, Sokoto, Borno and
Niger States.
He had also revealed that going forward, the organisation might consider
building a centre with clinic, school and related services in the state, as it
is currently doing in Niger State.
The statement said that Buni, while thanking the Qatar Charity Organisation for
the charitable act, said land would be provided in all the local government
areas of the state for citing the mosques and the boreholes.
