Old Boys School to Build N250m Alma Mater Madrasatul Markasuqqafuyyil Islamiyya
By Ahmed Ahmed
The Markaz Old Boys Association (MOBA), the first Islamic school established by renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, has said it will rebuild its alma mater, Madrasatul Markasuqqafuyyil Islamiyyi, Oldest School, with a sum of N250 million.
The interim committee chairman set up by the association, Khadi Muhammad Sagir Abubakar, stated this in Bauchi over the weekend when he conducted a Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi plot of the land cleared by the association as part of their effort to start the building of the oldest school in Bauchi.
He said the decision to rebuild the school was reached after a series of meetings between the executives of the association and the committee.
Khadi Sagir said a bill of quantity of N250 million was received from the building engineers, and all the approvals needed to start the building from the relevant government agencies were secured and obtained by the committee.
He said already over five million naira had been spent on the project.
The chairman of the building subcommittee of the association, Mallam Lawal Muhammed Bajoga, explained that the committee intended to build eight classroom blocks upstairs.
“With offices, toilets, a computer room, a mosque, and an assembly hall in the first phase of the project. The second phase of the project will consist of hostel accommodation, toilets, and staff quarters.
He solicited contributions from members, philanthropists, and well-to-do individuals to donate towards the success of the project.
The Chairman of the of the Markaz Old Boys Association, Mallam Ahmed Mohammed, explained that the desire to set up the interim committee to look into the challenges facing the association was part of an effort to reposition the association to be more responsive.
Ahmed said the committee was set up to look into how to repair the weak and old building of the school that was collapsing, to find a way to preserve the audio and video Tafsir, sermons, and preaching of Maulana Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi for over five decades, and to find a way to help the association.
He said the committee decided to start with rebuilding their alma mater.
On his part, the chairman said Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi is expected to perform the ground-breaking ceremony of the building before the end of July or the early month of August 2024.
Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi commended the old students for their zeal, dedication, and commitment to rebuilding the school and prayed to Allah to help them actualize their dreams and reward them abundantly.
Represented by the Chairman of the of the Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi Foundation, Sayyadi Ibrahim Sheikh Dahiru, the scholar said the people who intended to rebuild the school are not wealthy individuals; they are not politicians.
They are not business tycoons, but they are servants of Allah who know nothing but the recitation of the Holy Qur’an, glorifying the names of Allah, offering salutations to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and seeking forgiveness of Allah.
But they believe in the will of Allah, his power, and Allah’s ability to rebuild the school for them, and we are praying to Allah to fulfil their intentions and rebuild the school.
He appealed to the government at all levels, charity organisations’s individuals, and all Muslim Ummah to donate towards the success of the building of the school for the sake of Allah.
