Kano Announces N27m Cash Rewards, Umrah Slots For Qur’an Competition Winners

Kano State government has announced cash prizes totalling N27 million and awarded Umrah (Lesser Hajj) slots to outstanding participants at the 41st National Qur’anic Competition.
The state deputy governor, Alhaji Murtala Sule Garo, announced the rewards yesterday, on behalf of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf during the closing ceremony at the School for Arabic Studies (SAS), Kano.
Garo said the competition demonstrated the importance attached to the Holy Qur’an, Islamic education and the proper upbringing of young people, describing it as a platform for promoting unity, moral values and peaceful coexistence.
He stressed that Qur’anic education should go beyond recitation and memorisation ...