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Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo, former President Shehu Shagari and former heads of state of northern extraction, would tomorrow, converge at Kaduna, Kaduna State capital, for the golden jubilee celebration of the Jama’atu Narsil Islam(JNI),the umbrella Muslim organisation founded on March 9, 1963.
Secretary General of the JNI, Dr.Khalid Aliyu, said in a statement in Kaduna on Friday that the first and only Premier of Northern Nigeria, late Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, formally inaugurated the Jama’atu Nasril Islam as the mouthpiece and umbrella body for Muslims and Islamic organisations in Nigeria.
According to him, the occasion, which took place at Lugard Hall, Kaduna, was attended by the then Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar III and other emirs, scholars, federal and state ministers, and civil servants from the North and the South.
“Since its establishment, JNI has been in the forefront of promoting Islam, defending the legitimate rights of Muslims in Nigeria and promoting peaceful coexistence and national development in Nigeria
“As part of the golden jubilee celebration, the JNI headquarters, under the leadership of the President-General, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, will hold a lecture tomorrow at the Conference Hall located at the JNI Secretariat Complex, Kawo, Kaduna. The lecture with the title ‘Nigerian Muslims and the JNI: Strengths, Achievements, Prospects and Challenges’ will be presented by Professor S.A.S. Galadanci (former Nigerian ambassador to Saudi Arabia) under the distinguished chairmanship of the Sultan.”
