The idea of establishing Annahada was conceived by the founder Sheikh Shariff Ibrahim Saleh Alhussaini in 1957. It was inspired by the founders’ interest in spreading Islam through the medium of education which appears more feasible in the long term for the Muslim community at that time and in the future. This was because Muslims especially in Borno at that time were hostile to the western model of education to the extent that they resist virtually any form of education that involve the use of class rooms for teaching. The founder took the challenge upon him and moved all around the State to enlighten the local communities. He used Islamic preaching method as the main tool in order to bridge the gap between him and the local communities’ understanding to the message of Islam which began initially with the command for Muslims to acquire knowledge or education without reference to type as whether Islamic or otherwise, and therefore it is not a crime for Muslims to integrate both systems of educations to achieve social and religious well-being of the society. Having spread this message across to the many muslin communities who were at loggerhead with the western style of education in Nigeria, the founder established a model islamiya school, Quranic School and a traditional Islamic education school where fiqh, tauhid, hadith etc are taught to the adults. The model Islamiya School integrates both western and Islamic education. The Quranic School is biased to quranic teaching only. The pupils in the model Islamiya School came from the local communities in Borno and the other communities outside Borno in Nigeria and the neighboring countries. These pupils were either accommodated in one of the hostels provided by founder or sent to stay with their relatives who live within the school neighborhood. Elderly people from within and outside Nigeria do attend the traditional Islamiya School. Upon graduation-that may take long or short time- the graduates are issued certificates (IJAZA) which qualify them to go back to their places of origin and establish their own schools based on the mode of operation defined by the founder. Having many students graduated from the different systems of education and also the many schools later established by the graduates of Annahda in many parts of Nigeria and indeed Africa. The founder thought over elevating the name of the institution into an Islamic organization that will bring all its’ former students and their established institutions under one umbrella. In this noble effort, the founder was assisted by some important personalities in Borno like Alhaji Umar Ali, Alh. (late) Bukar marte, Alh. (late )Lawan Ali Monguno Ambassador Abba Zoru, Alh. Mohammad Alkali, Alh. Kolu Biu and late Alh.Mohammad Bomai. The first four names constitute the Board of trustees, while the later three constitute part of the executives committee of the organization at the initial takeoff. With these names the organization was registered in 1981 with the Federal ministry of internal affaires at that time. OBJECTIVES The organization is established to achieve apart from the spread of Islam also the following objectives: 1-Encourage hard work, productivity, self reliance, fight ignorance social vices and eradicates poverty so as to create free and just society. 2-Cooperate with other organizations local or international which share similar objectives. 3-Maintain wisdom and tolerance in inviting peoples to Islam by considering peculiarities of different societies living in the world. These objectives can be achieved through the establishment of schools; youth care centers, enlightenment programmes on radio and TV, public lectures, seminars, workshops, conferences, translating and publishing of books and pamphlets on issues of global currency in Islam. These programs get support from the founders’ regular financial contributions, membership dues and other philanthropic assistance from individual, corporate bodies and donor organizations.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE Two bodies presently man Annahda: The Board of Trustees and the executive committees at various levels. The Executive committees are sub-divided into national/international and State executives. The chair of the executive committees and the Board of trustees of the organization is the founder who is also the spiritual leader. The state executive committees are however headed by a chairperson from the State. Presently the organization has well over 20 branch offices in Nigeria and three officially registered International branch offices in Cameroon, Chad and Sudan two more are due for registration in Niger and Burkinafaso. The Branch offices are where appropriate supplemented with administrative departments that will help in coordinating the operation of the organization. These departments include: 1- Dawa / Islamic propagation department 2- Education department 3- information department 4- Women affaires department 5- Aid/relief agency department 6- Research and Documentation 7- Translation Department 8- Legal Affaires Department 9- Finance department 1 Dawa (propagation unit) a-The Dawa department is in charge of conducting sermons in mosques and enlightenment in public gathering B-Assists in the building and maintenance of mosques. c-Provide social services to needy communities especially convert through the digging of boreholes, grinding machines, schools etc D-Periodically organize seminars on controversial issues in order to clarify or put them in proper Islamic perspectives so as to avoid the militant form of propagating Islam or the outright rejection of anything alien to Muslims. E-pay periodic visits to clinics or hospitals so as to psychologically boast the morale of sick persons through prayers and mutual advises. f- Pay visits to inmates in prisons and deliver lectures to them upon clearance from the authority. The department is presently looking over hundreds of mosques in different states in Nigeria with trained scholars strictly following the organization mode of preaching and of propagating Islam. 2-Education a-in charge of regulating the educational activities of the organization. b-establish schools of a standard commensurate with the ones found in the different local communities. c- Design syllabi for the different types of schools affiliated to the organization. d-organize workshops for teacher training at various levels. e-encourages and assists in publishing works on relevant educational subjects. f-Organize seminars on education. The education unit of the organization has presently well over 200 affiliate schools of different types in the former states of the northeast. Most of these affiliated schools use the facilities provided in the model School of Annahda (College of Science and Islamic Studies) to sit for NECO, WAEC and HISC exams. Successful candidates enroll in the colleges’ various diploma Programs in Sharia, English education, Computer and Arabic and Islamic studies education. The education unit of the organization has academic affiliation with many institutions in Nigeria such as ABU Zaria and University of Maiduguri. For International affiliation however the unit has links with College of Islamic call at Libya, Azhar University in Cairo, Mujamma’ Abunnur in Syria and a number of Universities in the Kingdom of Morocco. All of these universities offer regular scholarship to students and periodically organize workshops and training to Preachers and Imams from which the organization also benefit. Scholarship offer from various universities are channeled to interested applicants in various states of the Federation. Hundreds of people have benefitted from this program. 3-Information unit A- Is in-charge of disseminating information through the different media available to it? b-prepares all press releases on behalf of the organization. C-it is the link between the organization and the mass media organizations in the country. D-It prepares and announces the organizations’ programs and all events of the year.

E-design and publishes pamphlets, newsletters and criers on issues relevant to the organization programs. 4-Women affaires unit This unit though operates under the organization supervision; it has its independent machineries, which coordinates smaller subunits such as Dawa, Education, Aid group and handcraft. The programs of this unit therefore comprise the following: a-organize monthly lectures for married women where they move from one area to another within the city or when requested by a community to do so. b- Provide assistance to female convert by sometimes housing the destitute among them and providing them basic household. c-on a weekly basis the unit organize lectures in their school premises especially on topics touching on virtues of women in Islam. d-Establish schools for adult women education. e-Organize adult literacy classes in areas where women in the community show interest or need for establishing them. f- Attract public patronage to the women hand skills in order to encourage them produce more.. G provides basic training to women, especially on computer, sewing skills, handicrafts etc. h-participate in workshops, seminars and conferences pertaining to women and child health. i-provide aid/ assistance to women victims in natural disasters. J-pay visits to women and children on admission in hospital by settling off the medical bills of the needy ones in some cases. 5- Aid/ Relief Agency The activities of the relief agency comprises a-receive and distribute relief materials to the orphans and the needy. b-provide first aid services to victims of natural disasters. C-Assists in the re-settlement of victims of natural disasters such as floods or fire outbreak. D-periodically organize courses to members of the aid group. e-participate in all public gathering in the state. f-participate in all NGO activities in Nigeria. G-Assist in government enlightenment campaigns on child killer diseases, HIV AIDS and other epidemics. h-Participate in seminars, conferences, workshops organized by government or sister organizations especially on public health matters. Apart from the above departments or units’ man by this organization, there are other units whose services complement the internal operation of the organization these are: 6- Research and documentation This unit is in charge of assessing and evaluating activities of the organization over a period of time. This is done with a view to determine success and failure of the organization in specific projects. The unit is expected to recommend solution where failures are observed in some of the organization projects. 7-Translation This unit translates documents that are meant for public consumption. In this regard the unit work towards translating works touching on Nigeria/ global politics and society but were written in Arabic. Such work may be translated into English or Hausa depending on the audience intended by the author. 8- Legal department The legal department gives advices to the organization and helps it in drafting legal documents. It also provide legal aid to people serving sentence term because of fines in which case the department advises the organization to settle such fines. 9-Finannce Department This department is in charge of formulating policies on financing the organization programs. Many of the organization successful projects depend largely on this department which scouts for money to finance them.