About Us

Muslim Community Centre


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MCC Jumu’ah Mosque

The Muslim Community Centre (MCC), Abuja is a registered non-profit making organization which provides Islamic and Western Education to the Muslim Ummah of Nigeria and other interested nationals alike. It is governed under an approved constitution by experienced personalities as members of the Board of Trustees and the Governing Board who make policies for the running of the Centre. It is important to note that throughout these 30 years of operations, the members of the Board of Trustees and the Governing Board provide their services fisabilillah without any remuneration.

At the inaugural meeting held at the Garki Jumu'ah Mosque on 6th November, 1991, the following executive members were nominated as pioneers and appointed:


Executive Members:

  • Chairman – Sen. U.K. Umar, mni, OON (Sarkin Kibiya)
  • Secretary – Garba M.M. Pinder
  • Asst. Secretary – Ibrahim Salman Sayaya (late)
  • Financial Secretary – Ahmed A. Rufai Mahmoud
  • Treasurer – Ahidjo A. Bamanga
  • Auditor – Sanusi Ahmed Malunfashi (late)
  • Publicity Secretary – Muhammad Rabiu Abubakar (Dallatun Dutsin-Ma)


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    Fou’ad Lababidi Nursery and Primary School (FLNPS)

    Patrons:

    1. Maj. General A.B. Mamman (Rtd)
    2. Alh. Abba Jaye (late)
    3. Amb.Zakari Ibrahim, mni, CON (Talban Katsina)


    The decision to establish the Muslim Community Centre (MCC) was taken in 1991 by a group of concerned, committed and dedicated Muslims who acquired the present site (Plot 547 & 548, Zone 3, Wuse, Abuja) for the purpose of constructing a Jumu'ah Mosque in the Wuse District of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was then decided that an Islamic school should be established beside the Mosque for the promotion of Islamic Studies and moral values, especially among the youth.

    The aim was to produce a new generation of learners who would be quite knowledgeable, growing up with a deeper consciousness of their ethical and moral responsibilities, while being able to contribute positively to the development of the nation and the world from an Islamic perspective. The Centre was initially called Wuse District Community Centre but it was later changed and registered as “MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE, ABUJA” in 2008.



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    Ex-Officio members:

  • A Bala Doma
  • Dr. Sani Bako
  • Arc. Bashir Haiba
  • A.A. Suleiman
  • J.F. Are
  • Shehu Bamalli

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    Fou'ad Lababidi Islamic Academy

    In its thirty year of existence, the Centre provides educational and enlightenment services to the FCT community in general, through the establishment of conventional schools and the organization of formal learning programs in Islamic education. At the moment, the Centre operates the following instructions and programs, which are open to both male and female learners:

    1. Institute For Islamic Education: it was established in 1994. It offers extra mural basic classses on Islam to male and female adults, including Muslim reverts and children.
    2. In 1995, the Fouad Lababidi Islamic Academy was established to provide a comprehensive Secondary School education with only 7 students and today the number of students is over 300. The average scores for both NECO & WAEC over these years has been 90% at the required credit level for University admission. From its inception to date, the Academy has graduated over 1000 students who are now professionals (Engineers, Doctors, Architects, Lawyers, Quantity Surveyors, etc), serving in various sectors of nation building.
    3. College of Arabic And Islamic Studies (CAIS) was established in 2003. It is a comprehensive Secondary School with emphasis on Arabic Language and the Islamic studies.
    4. MCC Jumu'ah mosque was opened in 2003 with a capacity for over 1,500 worshippers.
    5. Fou'ad Lababidi Nursery and Primary School was established in 2009
    6. Tahfeezul Qur'an Program (established in 2010 for the memorization of the Glorious Quran). It is becoming increasingly popular.

    Having recorded the above successes, the Board of Trustees of the Centre decided to establish a University named The Monument University in order to meet the current demand for higher education with strong ethical and moral perspectives in Nigeria. A University Planning and Implementation Committee was established under the Chairmanship of Professor Ismail Abubakar Tsiga of the Bayero University, Kano to work out the necessary modalities, in line with the requirements of the National Universities Commission, which is responsible for the regulation of university education in Nigeria. In its efforts to establish the proposed university, the Muslim Community Centre has so far achieved the following:

    1. secured the allocation of 102.88 hecters of land in Bwari from the Federal Capital Territory Administration
    2. processed and obtain Certificate of Occupancy for the allocated plot of land after payment of compensation and other fees
    3. applied and purchased an application form from the National Universities Commission.
    4. developed the Academic Brief for the proposed university
    5. prepared the University Law for the proposed university
    6. prepared a comprehensive Master Plan for the proposed University
    7. completed the detail drawings and cost estimates for phase 1 of the university
    1. Donation of Infrastructure and Buildings: Under this arrangement, we appeal for Auqaf donors to directly undertake or arrange, as an endowment, the construction of infrastructural facilities (perimeter fencing, internal roads, drainages, street lights, electricity, water and sewage services, administrative buildings, etc.) on the university site; or the construction of administrative offices, academic faculties, lecture theatres, laboratories, university library, staff residences, etc. the Muslim Community Centre particularly welcomes such support, where the donor sponsors a particular project and directly appoints a competent firm to undertake the construction.
    2. Partnership with Developers for Commercially Viable Campus projects: The Muslim Community Centre is also willing to work with private developers, on mutually agreed terms and conditions, in respect of the university on-campus projects, which are commercially viable and offer attractive investment. They include the male, female and married, students' hostel flats, as well as the University Commercial Centre, which comprises shops, banks and open stalls that will serve the day-to-day requirements of the university community and other neighboring estates. The terms could be on long term lease or build-operate-and-transfer (BOT) arrangement.
    3. Collaboration and Partnership: As a non-governmental, non-profit community organization, the Muslim Community Centre does not consider it expedient to solicit for commercial loans for the development of the university in the first stage. This is due to the long period of investment recovery for educational projects and the consequences on the future of the institution. However, the Centre welcomes suitable collaborators and partners to work together or fund the various developments on mutually agreed terms and conditions, either in the provision of infrastructure and buildings or the operation of some or all organs of the university. The Centre is willing to readily work out such collaboration or partnership with institutional investors, whether individually or in groups, such as banks, building societies, Da'awah/Charity Foundations or mortgage institutions. In particular, the Centre is interested to partner with universities and other academic institutions with similar orientation and objectives, both from within and outside the country, on mutually agreed terms, in the proposed Monument University project.
    4. Endowments: The MCC readily welcomes endowments for the university projects, as the donors may wish to instruct.
    5. Direct Cash Donations into University Account: Donors may also wish to make direct cash donations into the university project account, as follows: MCC Monument University Planning Committee, Ja'iz Bank, plot 73 Raph Shodeinde Street, Central Area Business District, Abuja. Account Number 0000262907. Sort Code: 301080000.
    6. Furthermore, the Governing Board has approved the establishment of a City Campus which is being handled by the Strategic Planning Committee as the take off committee under the leadership of Ambassador Sani S. Bala (Wamban Katsina) and Professor Ismaila Junaidu.