Breaking: Photos Emerge as Kwankwaso Inaugurates Mosque on 66th Birthday

Breaking: Photos Emerge as Kwankwaso Inaugurates Mosque on 66th Birthday

  • To mark his birthday and as well give back to the society that has contributed immensely to his political journey, Rabiu Kwankwaso did the unthinkable
  • This is as the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) built a mosque to mark his 66th birthday
  • The former governor of Kano state who shared pictures online to confirm the development disclosed he built the mosque in honor of his late parents

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, inaugurated a Juma’at Mosque on his 66th birthday.

Kwankwaso shared pictures from the event on his Twitter handle on Saturday, October 22.

New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso 66th birthday, a Juma’at Mosque
NNPP presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso inaugurated a Mosque on his 66th Birthday. Photo credit: @KwankwasoRM
Source: Twitter

The presidential hopeful noted that he built the Mosque in honour of his late parents.

He tweeted:

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“Yesterday, in commemoration of my 66th birth anniversary, I commissioned a Juma’at Mosque I built in honor of my late parents, in Kano.”

Meanwhile, the new Jumaat mosque, with a capacity to contain over two thousand worshipers.

Nigerians react

Nigerians took to the Facebook page of Legit.ng and reacted to the development.

Lukman Labaran wrote:

"May Allah Continue to bless your life sir....I Pray Allah to grant you victory over Incoming general Election."

Nicky Becky said:

"Happy birthday."

Ogochukwu Okoli wrote:

"Happy belated birthday sir."

Aliyu Hussein said:

"Thank you. But Atiku is coming."

Yusuf Akorede prayed:

"Happy birthday our man may allah make your wish come to pass over the upcoming general election g."

Hanni Moh'd Shantali stated:

"Happy birthday MADUGU."

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Despite the strength and popularity of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his counterpart in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, the duo seem to have little or no foot-soldiers in some states in Nigeria.

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The proposition of little or no foot soldiers has caused their parties not to have governorship candidates in 5 states. While Labour Party could not produce a governorship candidate in one state, NNPP is missing is 4 states.

The parties would also miss out on some state senatorial districts.

Their parties did not have foot soldiers in these states because of their low visibility or a poor number of memberships, which stopped them from producing governorship candidates.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that the Arewa joint committee has announced that it will publish the promises the presidential candidates promised the northern region.

The northern leaders said the publication of the promises will allow Nigerians, particularly northerners, to match candidates in the 2023 poll,

However, the committee denied the claim of the NNPP presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, that it has endorsed a particular candidate.

Source: Legit.ng

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