Kebbi will host a week-long 2024 edition of the National Qur’an Recitation Competition, scheduled to take place from the 19th to the 27th December.
A high-powered committee of eminent Islamic Jurists, Academicians, and Government Technocrats, under the Chairmanship of the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Sama’ila Muhammadu Mera, held an inaugural meeting at the Palace of the Monarch on Monday.
The Emir reminded the members about the enormity of the task before them, calling for an absolute dedication towards ensuring success.
“I am thanking Governor Nasir Idris for appointing us to promote the Glorious Qur’an and Religious tenets”,
“We have a big task in front of us, we are thankful to GOD for affording us the opportunity to advance the cause of this Islamic practice, bequeathed to Muslims by the Noble Prophet Muhammad, SAW,”
“We are prayerful to GOD to make the week for the recitation a blessing to Kebbi and entire Nigeria, May ALLAH IN HIS INFINITE MERCY drive away all challenges facing our nation”, the Emir prayed.
He informed the Committee members that Kebbi would host people from different parts of the country and must, therefore, discharge their assignment with the Fear of GOD.
“We are under obligation to uphold the trust and confidence reposed in us by our leader, Governor Nasir Idris; we must not disappoint him in any way.
“I am confident we are going to organise a befitting Competition. I want to use this opportunity to invite all Muslims to come and witness this event, which starts on the 19th and ends on the 27th of December, 2024,” the Emir remarked.
Kebbi State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Sani Aliyu, is the Deputy Chairman of the Committee, with the Permanent Secretary of Cabinet Affairs, Dr. Nasir Kigo, serving as Secretary.
Other members of the Committee are the Commissioners for Information and Culture, Animal Health, Husbandry and Fisheries, Basic and Secondary Education, Youths and Sports Development, Women Affairs, as well as the Commissioner for Environment.
Also on the committee, are the Rector, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Dr. Usman Sani Tunga, and the Chief Imam of Birnin Kebbi Central Mosque, Sheikh Mukhtar Walin Gwandu.
A delegation from the Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, organisers of the National Qur’an Recitation Competition, briefed the Committee on processes and operational structure of the exercise, known as MUSABAQA.
