By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab
The Kogi State chapter of the Council of Ulamau of Nigeria, has disbursed N3 million as Zakat to 28 needy persons in the state, an official of the council has announced in Lokoja.
Handing over the money to the beneficiaries on Saturday, Alhaji Tanko Talle, Secretary, Zakat and Endowment Committee of the council, charged the beneficiaries to make the best use of the money.
Talle explained that the 28 beneficiaries, comprising 8 women and 20 men, were picked from across the 21 local governments in the state, saying that each of them received N100, 000.
The secretary explained that the beneficiaries were adjudged as indigent by the committee, including widows, thus qualified to receive Zakat, saying that the disbursement was the first of its kind by the council.
In a lecture on the importance of Zakat, Justice Yakubu Abass, enjoined Muslims to always pay their Zakat regularly, stressing that as the third pillar of Islam, Zakat was meant to ensure fair and just distribution of wealth among Muslims.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the occasion, Alhaji Sulaiman Baba’Ali, urged Muslims to cultivate the habit of giving, as enjoined on them by the Holy Quran.
Baba’Ali said that payment of Zakat, being the third pillar of Islam was compulsory for all Muslims, including salary earners.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mallam Yauza Abdulrahman, thanked the council for coming to their aid, saying that the money came at the right time.
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