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July 2, 2025
Religious Affairs

Sen. Lado Presents 4 Houses To Winners Of Abibatu Tinubu Quranic Recitation

By Abdullahi Yusuf

Sen. Basheer Lado has presented four houses to the winners of the recent Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji Tinubu Quranic Recitation Competition.

The houses which are among the Star Prizes won at the competition were presented to the winners at a ceremony held at Dandodo, Hotoro, in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday.

The prizes are two bedroom houses for the winners of the second position of the competition and three bedroom houses for winners of the first position.

The names of the beneficiaries were given as
Maryam Abubakar Mu’az (first position, female), Ahmad Shu’aib (first position, male), Zainab Hassan Shu’aib (second position, female), and Ahmad Kabir Baturi (second position, male).

Speaking shortly after presenting the houses, Sen. Lado, who is the Organizer of the competition, said the event held in memory and honour of late Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji Tinubu,the mother of President Bola Tinubu.

Represented by Prof. Ali Muhammad, Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Lado said the competition was also organized to inculcate the virtues of the Holy Qur’an in the minds of young Nigerian Muslims.

“This gesture is to encourage and motivate young Muslims to continue memorizing and reciting the Quran and make it a way of life so that they would become patriotic citizens for the good of the nation,” he said.

The Quranic Recitation competition attracted participants from the 44 Local Government Areas of the state with over 100 young reciters memorizing the complete Qur’an.

The two-week event held in five categories that included recitation of portions of the Qur’an from 2 Hizb, 10 Hizb, 20 Hizb, 40 Hizb and 60 Hizb for both male and female contestants.

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