The Kuchiyako community in Kuje Area Council, Abuja, came together over the weekend for its annual Mawlid Nabiy celebration, which also featured the turbaning of Comrade Akoshile Muktar, Deputy Director of the FCT City Boy Movement, as Wakeelu L Muslimeen of Kuchiyako.
The ceremony was hosted by the Grand Chief Imam of Kuchiyako and drew Islamic clerics, community leaders, youth groups, and government officials.
Comrade Muktar was conferred with the traditional title of Wakeelu L Muslimeen, meaning the trustee of Muslims in Kuchiyako. The role is expected to involve safeguarding Islamic values and coordinating community welfare initiatives within the area.
In his acceptance speech, Muktar linked the Mawlid celebration to youth responsibility and service.
“Today we are gathered here in Kuje, in Abuja, to celebrate the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. This is one of the things that we should see our Shahabab, our young people doing. There is time for work, there is time to play, and there is also time to reflect on your existence by giving back to the society, the community, and the Islamic community,” he said.
He pledged to uphold the trust placed in him. “Today, I have been awarded as Wakeelu Islam for Kuje as the holder of the trust of Islam and I mean I will not betray the confidence that has been imposed on us.”
The event also had in attendance the FCT Mandate Secretary for Agriculture, Hon. Suleiman Ango, and the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Hon. Sam Shekwolo. According to Muktar, both officials used the gathering to reaffirm commitments to Kuchiyako.
“We also see the attendance of the Honorable Commissioner that is the Mandate Secretary Agriculture Honorable Suleiman Ango and also the chairman of Kuje area council Honorable Sam Shekwolo. They were all here to rejoice with me and Islamic community and through this gestures they have also promised to extend more dividends of democracy to Kuchiyako by construction of more roads, solar boreholes and lights,” he said.
Muktar urged young people to heed calls for religious and community service, saying such participation opens doors for development.
“If some of us have said we will not, these invites, those opportunities may not have come. So it’s a lesson for young people when they call us for our individual religious purposes let’s try to listen and appreciate them,” he added.
The annual Mawlid Nabiy in Kuchiyako is marked with prayers, recitations, and lectures on the life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad. Community leaders said this year’s edition was significant because it combined spiritual reflection with the recognition of youth leadership in community development.
The turbaning concluded with prayers for peace in Kuje, the FCT, and Nigeria at large
