The Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, has announced Hajj seats for the overall winners of the Annual Qur’anic Recitation Competition in the state for male and female categories.
The two winners according to the governor will be among the official clerics that will serve as guides and preachers for pilgrims from Kaduna State in the 2024 Hajj exercise.
Governor Sani disclosed this at the Annual Qur’anic Recitation Competition finals in Kaduna on Saturday.
He also in his personal capacity donated cash prizes to winners of the competition from first to fourth positions across different categories of the competition.
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According to him, the state government has inaugurated a committee to ensure that the next Hajj exercise is hitch-free and a great improvement on the 2023 exercise, which was characterized by accommodation and feeding hitches.
In his remarks, National Leader, Jama’atu Izalatu Bid’ah Wa Ikamatu Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau said Qur’an is the solution to ending the challenges of terrorism because whoever understands Qur’an will not engage in terrorism and banditry.
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