The Islamic Forum of Nigeria, Kano State chapter, has disbursed over N2.9 million as zakat to 11 indigent persons and one mosque.
It will be recalled that the disbursement of the Zakkat was in collaboration with Almubarak Waqf Foundation.
The beneficiaries received between N50,000 and N1m each.
The national Auditor-General of Islamic Forum of Nigeria, Alhaji Sale Adamu Kwaru, said that the gesture was to redistribute wealth and reduce poverty among Muslims and Nigeria in general.
He said the Zakkat was collected from a businessman, Alhaji Abba Salihi.
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Alhaji Kwaru called on rich Muslims to pay their zakkat regularly and urged the beneficiaries to use the money judiciously so that they too could be givers of zakkat in future.
Speaking on the occasion, the guest lecturer from Bayero University, Kano, Dr Aliyu Muhammad Tahir, said payment of zakkat by wealthy Muslims would purify their wealth and move them closer to God.
According to him, giving Zakkat would also reduce unemployment, create love and eradicate insecurity in the society.
In a remark, the chairman of Almubarak Waqf Foundation, Dr Jamilu Mustapha Chedi, called for more enlightenment on the importance of zakkat.
Some of the beneficiaries commended the forum and promised to use the money judiciously.
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