President, Nationwide Missioner of Ansar-ud-Deen Society cost Kekere-Ekun, others at inauguration of Ansar-ud-Deen Foundation

Outstanding Nigerians, together with famend banker and philanthropist, Alhaji Abdulfatai Akin Kekere-Ekun, OFR, have been on Saturday,December 13,2025 inaugurated as members of the Board of Trustees of the newly established Ansar-ud-Deen Foundation.

The colorful inauguration ceremony occurred on the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, and was attended by high Islamic students, professionals, conventional leaders and members of the Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria and Abroad.

Different trustees inaugurated alongside Kekere-Ekun embrace Alhaji Sulaimon Adedokun, CFA; Alhaja Kafilat Araoye; Mallam Yusuf Ali, SAN, OFR; Dr. (Mrs.) Mosun Belo-Olusoga; Alhaji Abdulfatah Babatunde Financial institution-Anthony; and Alhaji Rabiu Isyaku Rabiu.

In his handle, the President of Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria and Abroad, Prince Mosediq Adeniji Kazeem, SAN, described the inauguration as “a historic milestone” within the over 100-year journey of the Society.

“This Foundation represents the continuation of our Society’s century-long journey of religion, information and repair to humanity,” Kazeem mentioned. “It’s constructed on the imaginative and prescient of our founding fathers, who believed that schooling, ethical self-discipline and repair to mankind are the keys to the progress of the Muslim group.”

He defined that the Ansar-ud-Deen Foundation was created as a clear and sustainable platform to assist the Society’s non secular, instructional, welfare and developmental programmes.

Based on him, the Foundation goals to construct a ₦20 billion legacy endowment fund that shall be used to rehabilitate mosques, enhance Ansar-ud-Deen faculties, assist Summit College, Offa, and fund well being, welfare and empowerment programmes throughout the nation.

“Our mosques should be welcoming and well-maintained. We should be happy with any Ansar-ud-Deen mosque we go to,” the President mentioned. “This Foundation will be certain that each donation is correctly managed, transparently reported and invested in halal and moral ventures for long-term profit.”

Kazeem charged the newly inaugurated trustees to see their appointment as a sacred belief.

“You may have been entrusted with a critical amanah,” he mentioned. “I cost you to uphold the best requirements of transparency and accountability, be certain that all investments are halal, and develop revolutionary methods for folks internationally to assist this noble trigger.”

He added that the success of the Foundation would rely upon the collective assist of all members of the Society. “This Foundation belongs to all of us. Allow us to contribute our sources, time and prayers, as a result of one of the best of persons are those that are most useful to mankind,” he mentioned.

Additionally talking, the Chief Missioner of Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Sheikh Abdulrahman Olanrewaju Ahmad, urged the trustees to stay devoted to Islamic rules in managing the Foundation.

He warned towards elevating funds via means that aren’t in step with Islamic teachings. “Allah is pure and He is not going to settle for something besides that which is pure,” the Chief Missioner mentioned. “This Foundation is essential as a result of it would assist dawah, schooling and group improvement in a halal and sustainable method.”

Sheikh Ahmad defined that the thought of the Foundation was rooted within the Islamic idea of waqf (endowment), which permits charitable works to proceed benefiting folks lengthy after the donor is gone.

“It is a low-cost ticket to the hereafter, and never an financial system ticket however a first-class one,” he mentioned, drawing applause from the viewers. “By means of waqf, we are able to construct establishments that can outlive us and proceed to serve humanity.”

He prayed for divine steerage and energy for the trustees, including that no contribution was too small. “This isn’t for the wealthy alone. Everybody can contribute, as a result of all of us want a greater future for our group,” he mentioned.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Kekere-Ekun who can also be the husband of the nation’s Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, whereas accepting the duty on behalf of members, pledged that the Foundation would function with “absolute transparency, honesty, self-discipline and accountability,” and give attention to supporting tasks in well being, schooling and welfare as permitted by the Society.