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:
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.
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:
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: