Sultan, Tambuwal donate N13.5 million to winners of Quranic competition

The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has donated N10 million to Nura Abdullahi, who emerged as the overall winner of the National Qur’an Recitation Competition.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad, also honored the winner with the traditional title of Modibbon of Sokoto.

A ceremony to honor the winners was held at the Kasarawa International Conference Center in Sokoto on Sunday. The competition was held last year in Gusau, Zamfara State.

The winner, a Computer Science undergraduate student, from Sokoto State, is the first indigene of the state to win the annual competition since its inception in 1986.

The state government also gave Mr. Abdullahi an appointment in the Sokoto Civil Service, a graduate scholarship that includes Masters and PhD studies and four hajj seats, said the governor’s media assistant, Muhammad Bello.

The governor also presented Zainab Mahmoud, who won the female competition, a cash prize of N3 million and a Hajj chair.

The Sultan of Sokoto donated N500,000 on behalf of the Sultanate Council, to Ms Mahmoud.

Previous winners

Kano State has won the coveted title for the 12th time, the first, during the second edition in 1987, was won by the late Jafar Mahmud-Adam, LEADERSHIP Newspaper reported.

The late Mr. Mahmud-Adam rose to become a renowned scholar in Northern Nigeria and the Hausa speaking countries of West Africa.

Mr. Mahmud-Adam was shot and killed in 2007 by unknown assailants while leading congregational prayers at the Dorayi mosque in Kano metropolis.

With six victories, Plateau State is the next state with the highest laurel after Kano. Bauchi and Zamfara states have won the title three times, while Borno and Kaduna states have won twice.

“Kebbi, Adamawa, Kwara, Kogi, Katsina, Gombe and Yobe States have won every competition. The competition was not held in 1997 and joined in 1998/1999, 2003/2004, 2007/2008 and 2021/2022.

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