Emir, Chief Imam To Mobilise Muslim Community On AGILE Projects

The Emir of Wase, Dr Mohammadu Sambo Haruna and the deputy chief imam of Jos Central Mosque, Sheriff Nasir Falake, have promised to support the activities of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) in Plateau State.

The AGILE project is supported by the World Bank with the aim of encouraging less privileged female children to go to school to acquire sound education in selected schools across the state, particularly those in the hinterlands and acquire digital literacy skills.

The emir, Dr Mohammadu Sambo Haruna while speaking during an advocacy visit to his palace by the acting project manager of AGILE, Dr. Dachung Thomas, said he had visited some of the schools built in his domain by AGILE and was highly impressed with what he saw.
According to him, gone are the days when customs, tradition and religion stood as barriers to educational attainment, adding that he would be available to teach computer education in furtherance of his support to the programme.

Dr. Dachung Thomas in his remarks said it was unfortunate that some communities in the state were not aware of the projects as there was every need for them to be carried along to achieved results.

“This is the most reason why we decided to reach out to leaders of such communities so that they can embrace the project through sensitisation and advocacy visits,” he said.

He added that under one of such components, girls in poor and vulnerable households in the selected communities were captured in the national social register and enrolled to access free education from junior to senior secondary school.

The team was also at the Jos Central Mosque where it was received by the deputy chief imam Sheriff Nasir Falake.