Winners have emerged in the finals of the 2023 Quranic memorisation and recitation competition in Kwara State.
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At the event held inside the Ilorin stadium, the competition was organized between male and female categories for participants drawn from various Islamic schools across the state.

In the male category, Haroon Hassan emerged winner in the first category of 60 Hizb with Tajweed, Tafsir and Qira’at, while Abdullateef Zakariyyah won the second category of 60 Hizb with Tajweed and Tafsir.

Third category was won by Uthman Uthman just as Sherifdeen Zakariyyah was declared winner in the fourth category of 30 Hizb with Tajweed.

The fifth category of 10 Hizb with Tangeem and Tajweed were won by Hussein Ibrahim.
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In the female category, Aishat Adekanye, emerged winner in the third category of 60 Hizb with Tajweed, while Jemilat Tijani won in the fourth category of 30 Hizb with Tajweed.

The fifth category of 10 Hizb with Tangeem and Tajweed was won by
Maryam Issa.

Speaking at the event, the state’s chairman of Quran recitation committee, Alhaji Shehu Abdulgafar, while recounting the success stories of the indigenes at various Quranic competitions across the world, commended Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for financial and moral supports to the committee and the course.

He implored him to fast track the approval and release of land for construction of Quran memorization centre in the state.
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