31-Year-Old Wins Quran Competition in Nigeria

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Thirty-one-year-old Umar Abdullahi Sha’ayau from Jigawa State of Nigeria emerged the overall winner of the 22nd edition of the Annual Quran Recitation Competition that ended in Minna, Niger State of Nigeria, on Sunday

  

The week-long event was organized by Jama’atu Izalatul Bid’a Waiqamatul Sunnah with its headquarters in Jos, Plateau State.

As many as 23 persons participated in the competition, which attracted participants from 19 states and neighboring Benin and Niger Republics, the Daily Trust reported.

Speaking at the occasion, the chairman of the Council of Ulama’a of the Association, Malam Muhammad Sani Yahaya Jingir, said the main objective of the competition was to encourage constant recitation of the Holy Quran among Muslims in accordance with the teachings of Islam.

Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello commended the association for holding the annual spiritual event.