According to the News
Agency of Nigeria, Babale donated the Mosque to the community on December 28
2016.
The deputy governor of
Adamawa, Mr Martins Babale has donated a Juma’at Mosque to Dalasum community in
Toungo local government area of the state.
While presenting the
Mosque, Babale said the measure was an effort to boost peaceful co-existence
among the diverse communities in the state.
Babale who is also a
Christian, said he built the mosque to promote peaceful co-existence among the
local communities in the area.
He emphasised that the era
of unnecessary conflicts and misunderstanding between followers of different
religions was over, stressing the need for residents to live together
harmoniously with tolerance.
His words: “Today I am
fulfilling one of my wishes to our people. I prayed that the Mosque will also
serve as a centre which will unite our community.”
Responding, Alhaji Musa
Gindau, the District Head of Dalasum, commended the courageous and generous
effort of the deputy governor, describing him as a “peace promoter”.
Gindau said that the people
of Dalasum were well known in living in peace with one another irrespective of
religion, tribe and clan, even as he urged all Nigerians to emulate the
gesture.
On his apart, the chairman
of the Muslim Council in the area, Ustaz Abubakar Garba admonished the Muslim
ummah to always live in peace and respect to one another especially with
Christians.
Garba noted that the
development would go a long way in uniting the people of the area.
Meanwhile, the Adamawa
state government is set to consider a temporary review of the use of hijab in
security prone areas of the state following the recent bomb blasts in the
state.
This was revealed on
Saturday, December 10, by Ahmad Sajoh, the state commissioner for information
and strategy.
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