2023: Tikau Emirate Zakat committee receives over N3m for distribution to beneficiaries

By: Yahaya Wakili

The Annual Zakat and WaQaf 2023 of Tikau Emirate Council Yobe state has collected the sum of #3,727,740 .

The Chairman Tikau Emirate Council Zakat and WaQaf Committee, Alhaji Sabo Sarki Mohammed give the breakdown of the collections at Sabon Garin Nangere, the Headquarters of the emirate council.

He said, Zakat and Waqaf committee collect, 188 bags of grains, #980 pledges, #405 cheques and #2,342,740 cash.

Speaking at the occasion, the Speaker, Dr Abdullahi Abubakar Lamido Chairman Zakat and Waqaf Foundation Gombe state said, Waqaf is a very important institution is an Islamic economic institution the most important in many respect in even important than Zakat from the perspective wide resources of income.

“And the way it is distributed interms of its impact, interms of its contribution to the economic to the social economic development, it is institution it is translated in Islamic endowment where a person dedicate in assets as it endowment.

Adding that the benefit of the asset or the money generate distributed to the designated beneficiaries mostly the poor and the needy and other less privilege members of the society.

“Beyond that also to support religion, to support education, to support water provision environmental sanitation health care delivery and other aspect of social economic life of the people. So Waqaf is a very very important pilar of the Islamic social economic system.” he added.

” Zakat of course it is a pilar of Islam, it is a third pilar of Islam it represent obligatory portion in the wealth of the rich of which the rich has to give the needy and other designated beneficiary and it required as pilar of Islam for every Muslim who has the minimum portion call himself has to pay that Zakat.

In his vote of thanks on behalf of the Emir of Tikau, HRH, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Ibn Grema, the Turaki of Tikau, Alhaji Aliyu Sale Bagare thanks God for bringing us to end this occasion successfully.

He also thank His Royal Highness, the Emir of Tikau, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Ibn Grema for introducing the Zakat and Waqaf annually in the emirate and prayed to Almighty Allah to give him a sound health.

Alhaji Aliyu Sale Bagare who is also the former deputy governor of Yobe state during Governor Bukar Abba Ibrahim regime said because of the efforts of the Emir, Governor Bukar Abba Ibrahim appoint him as state Amiral Hajj on that year.

He said since the introducing of the Zakat and WaQaf twenty years ago we didn’t get elaborate speakers like for this year there are international scholars and there contribution is to the world is not Tikau emirate along.

2023: Tikau Emirate Zakat committee receives over N3m for distribution to beneficiaries