A 14-year-old girl, Haneefat Yusuf, on Monday, emerged as the winner of this year’s senior Qur’an recitation competition, organised by an NGO, Real Acts of Kindness (RAK) Development Foundation, in Badagry, Lagos.
Yusuf went home with N100,000 cash and other consolation prizes, while a 12-year-old Wasilat Adewuyi and 14-year-old Saheed Abdullahi got N50,000 and N30,000 respectively for coming second and third.
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In the junior category, Sulaiman Ridwanullahi emerged as the winner and went home with N100,000 cash and other consolation prizes, while Abdulsalam Sodiq, 13, and six-year-old Rahman Azeez got N50,000 and N30,000 respectively for coming second and third in the junior category.
The ovation was loud when the prize was presented to the six-year-old boy as many were struggling to take a picture with him.
Speaking earlier, the founder of the NGO, Alhaji Mobolaji Ogunlende, said the motive behind Quran recitation competition was to inculcate the fear of Allah and the study of Qur’an in youths.
The Chairman of the event, Alhaji Bode Shokunbi, urged Muslims to send their children to Quranic schools. (NAN)
