Lagos State Government officially inaugurate the new Chief Imam of New Lagos Surulere Central Mosque on Saturday

by Nurudeen Ismail

28th August, 2024, 11:55 AM

Lagos State Government officially inaugurate the Chief Imam of New Lagos Surulere Central Mosque on Saturday.

All MUSLIM personalities from across Surulere LGA on Saturday 24th of August, 2024 held in national Stadium at Surulere for the inauguration of Alhaji Wahab Folawiyo Central Mosque located in New Lagos, Shitta Area of Surulere, Lagos State.

At the event, the Chief Imam of Lagos and grand patron of the League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland, Sheikhs turbaned Alhaji Atanda, as the new chief imam of the mosque and presented him with the certificate and paraphernalia of office.

Officials of the Muslim Ummah of Surulere Nigeria, including the Governor of Lagos, Governor Olusola Sanwo-Olu, and an eminent Creative Media Consultant, Owner Real Africa News, Mr. Tajudeen Olanrewaju Elegbede, attended the inauguration.

The Selected Lecturer, the Sheikh encouraged the audience to follow in the path of the newly turbaned Chief imam, Alhaji Atanda, whose picture is below.

He described the Scholar of the Muslim ummah's who's in his early 60's as an exemplary Muslim whose life has been marked by devotion and contributions to the advancement of Islam.

Alhaji Atanda, in a remark, expressed his gratitude to Allah for the mosque which has been completed for over 20 years, He said He would fully utilised it for worship and promotion of Arabic and Islamic knowledge.

He said he was humbled by his official pronouncement as the new chief imam of New Lagos Surulere Central Mosque and promised to use the position to continue to preach godliness, which he described as the solution to all problems, social and otherwise, in Nigeria and beyond.