20-year-old man, Amiru Yunusa, from Bauchi
State, has emerged the overall winner of the
32nd Qur’anic Recitation Competition held in
Katsina.
Similarly, Amina Ahmad from Borno State also
emerged overall winner of the female
category.
Dr Sani Yunus Birnin-Tudu, the National
Coordinator of the Qur’anic Recitation
Competition, announced the result of the
competition.
The coordinator said that the winners
competed for the memorization of the whole
Quran with Arabic translation.
He said that 360 participants from 32 states of
the federation took part in the competition.
Birnin-Tudu said that the two young Qur’anic
reciters in the male and female category
emerged victorious at the end of the week-
long event.
Birnin-Tudu said that the winners would go
home with brand new cars, digital Quran,
laptop and N500,00 cash prize each, among
others.
Winners in the other five categories of the
competition were also given cars.
In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor, Usmanu
Danfodio University, Sokoto, the organizers of
the competition, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru,
commended the Katsina State Government for
hosting the hitch-free competition.
Zuru said that the competition recorded an
increase of 2.7 per cent o0in states
participation when compared to 2017.