Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation (JCDF) on Thursday, July 28, 2016 in Abuja, donated the sum of N3 million to Badr Nabiyy Foundation (BNF) to support the efforts of the over 100 Islamic teachers in internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps across the North-Eastern states.
The director general and CEO of the Jaiz Foundation, Amb Adamu Babangida Ibrahim, who presented the cheque to the chairman of BNF, Alhaji Abubakar Isah, said the donation was done following the recommendation of its field officers on the situations in the various camps and approval of the board.
Ibrahim said, “We have already sent our fields offers to the various Islamic schools in the IDP camps and based on their reports and recommendation, the Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation made the approval of a token of N3 million to cater for the need of the teachers.
He promised that the Jaiz foundation will continue to support the efforts of the Islamic teachers in the future where the need arises, adding that it will liaise with other such organisations in line with its intervention mandate.
Earlier, the chairman of the BNF, who is also the former governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Isah, said the foundation has established Islamic schools in most of the IDPs camps with over 100 teachers, where children and women who are most affected by the insurgency are taught Islamic education.
According to him, “We spend almost N2 million every month to pay teachers, apart from other costs. That is why we call for assistance from well-meaning organization like Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation to support the Islamic schools in IDPs.”
While thanking the management of the Jaiz foundation for its kind gesture, Isah assured that the money will be judiciously utilized for the purpose it was meant.
On his part, the project coordinator of BNF, Gambo Wada, added that mandate of the foundation is to give children and women quality Islamic education and save them from ignorance of Islamic teachings.
He said that though its target is to reach all the IDPs camps, they are concentrating in Borno, which is the most affected, adding that it has also established the Islamic schools in some camps in Adamawa State and the FCT.
