Nigeria, Aug. 31 -- The Sokoto State Government has rolled out new measures to strengthen Islamic propagation and support clerics across the state, including the introduction of monthly allowances for Imams, their deputies, and Mu'azzins, as well as direct cash allocations to Jumu'at mosques.

Governor Ahmed Aliyu announced the initiatives at the graduation ceremony of 111 memorizers of the Qur'an from the Sokoto branch of the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation on Saturday.

The governor explained that his administration had placed Islamic propagation as a top priority, ranking second only to security in his Nine-point Smart Agenda.

"We have awarded contracts for the renovation of 65 Jumu'at Mosques, out of which 25 had since been com...