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He urged \u201cmosque leaders to preserve land titles, survey plans, waqf deeds and registration certificates to protect properties dedicated to Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also advocated written constitutions, meeting minutes, succession plans and maintenance records to promote institutional continuity.\n<\/p>\n
On hygiene, Timehin urged \u201cmosque managers to ensure regular cleaning of toilets, ablution areas, prayer halls and water tanks.\u201d<\/p>\n
He called for \u201csanitation committees, cleaning schedules, dedicated budgets and proper waste management.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
In his welcome address, Alhaji Musoddiq Adele-Sanni, Chairman of MGDLI, said \u201cinadequate documentation exposed many Lagos mosques to demolition and unlawful sale.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Adele-Sanni said the initiative began during his tenure as Chairman of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria, following complaints about mosque demolitions across Lagos.\n<\/p>\n
He said \u201cinvestigations revealed that some mosque properties had been sold or demolished because donors failed to transfer legal ownership to the mosques.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
He recalled that the first sensitisation programme was held on October 28, 2023, at Shamsideen Adisa Central Mosque.<\/p>\n
He said the initiative now had more than 20 professionals, including lawyers, journalists, surveyors and engineers.\n<\/p>\n
The Grand Chief Imam of Lagos State, Sheikh Sulaiman Abou-Nolla, said \u201cproper documentation was essential to protecting mosque properties under the law.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Abou-Nolla urged mosque managers to \u201cobtain title documents before commencing construction and comply with relevant legal procedures.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Alhaji Muhammad-Bello Danmole, former Lagos Commissioner for Home Affairs, urged mosque managers to establish committees for effective and sustainable administration.\n<\/p>\n
During a panel discussion, Dr Abdul-Hakeem Abdul-Lateef, a former Lagos Commissioner for Home Affairs, urged mosques to adopt written constitutions, clear succession plans and electronic documentation.\n<\/p>\n
Abdul-Lateef \u201cwarned against running mosques as personal establishments and advocated collective management and accountability.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The General Manager of the Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency (LASURA), Dr Oladimeji Animashaun, said \u201cmosques needed title documents, survey plans and planning approvals to avoid demolition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Animashaun urged mosque leaders to regularise properties built without the required approvals.\n<\/p>\n
He identified inadequate funding and resistance from some mosque leaders as challenges to proper documentation.\n<\/p>\n
A surveyor, Alhaji Adegbenga Ojikutu, warned that treating \u201cmosque land as family property could expose it to unlawful sales and commercial encroachment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
He advised \u201cdonors to execute transfer documents, obtain the governor\u2019s consent and register properties in the mosque\u2019s name.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The Chief Imam of Satellite Town, Lagos, Abdul-Raham Dauda, lamented poor sanitation in some mosques.\n<\/p>\n
Dauda urged mosque leaders to provide cleaning materials, appoint cleaners and enforce sanitation rules.\n<\/p>\n
He warned that dirty environments could discourage worshippers, spread diseases and undermine Islamic teachings on cleanliness.<\/p>\n
The moderator, Hajia Shakirah Adunola, said documentation, good governance and hygiene were essential to sustainable mosque development.\n<\/p>\n
She urged \u201cmosque leaders to embrace legal compliance, institutional structures and cleanliness to preserve mosques\u2019 spiritual and community roles.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
(NAN)\n <\/p>\n
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