The 39th National Quranic Recitation Competition ended up Saturday with participants from Kano and Gombe as the overall winners of the competition.
States of Cross River, Ebonyi, Delta, Oyo, Katsina, Borno, Kebbi, Jigawa and Zamfara participants also won in others category of the competition.
Buhari Sunusi Idris from Kano state score as the overall winner with 98.2 percent in the male category while the female category, Rumaisa Ibrahim from Gombe state scored 95.6 percent as the winner.
Speaking on the occasion, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, expressed gratitude to Allah for Kebbi State to witnessed the convergence of Muslims leaders and reciters of the Holy Qur’an for the past eight days in the state.
While commending the religious leaders and the Organises of the competion, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, urged them to continue to propagate the word of Allah.
He called on the Muslims Ummah to continue praying for peace and harmony of the country and as well the leaders.
The Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Nasir Idris, while commending the participants and the winners of this year’s Quranic Recitation Competition, said each of them have demonstrated not only their talent but respect for the Holy Quran.
The Governor urged the Muslims Ummah to recollect the significant of the Holy Quran in their lives not as a mere book but as a source of comfort and brightness of light in terms of darkness.
Cars and cash prices were presented to the winners in which 35 states participated in the competition.
