It was a blessed day full of rewards and emotions on the closing ceremony of the maiden edition of Honorable Umar Isah Jagaba Qur’anic Memorization Competition held in Suleja township hall on Sunday 15th December, 2024.
The competition, which was described by the organizers (Association of Suleja Emirate Qur’anic Recitation Competitors) as first of its kind in the Emirate was fully sponsored by multifaceted philantropist who hold the traditional title of Jagaba of Suleja Emirate (Suleja, Tafa and Gurara) Alhaji Umar Isah.
Respective winners of the various segments of the competition went home with multi-million naira worth of items and cash prizes, which includes Lesser Hajj Seats, electric motorcycle, deep Freezer, bags of goodies among others.
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As announced by Ustaz Al-ameen Ibrahim Nasidi the national representative at the competition, Al-Hafiz Sa’ad Muhammad Hussain from Suleja won first position and crowned as the overall winner in the male category after competing in the Memorization of 60 hibz with tajweed (eloquence), Ustaz Sa’ad was rewarded with an all expenses paid trip holy land of Saudi Arabia for Lesser Hajj, brand new Electric Motorcycle and a large goodies bag with addition cash of N300,000.
Another Suleja candidate in the female category, Hafiza Hasana Muhammad Hussaini, clinched the first prize for scoring the highest points in the 60 hibz contest ahead of Hafsat Muhammed from Tafa LGA while Gurara LGA’s candidate Hafsat Lawal came third.
Hafiza Hasana was awarded with Umrah seat, deep freezer and goodies bag as well as cash prize of N300,000.
Contestants from Tafa LGA emerged top of the 2 hibz segment in both male and female categories, so also Hafsat Ishaq and Maryam Ilyas were the winners in 20 hibz and 40 hibz respectively, while male participants Muhammed Suraj and Jafar Lawal from Suleja rewarded with first prizes for 20 hibz and 40 hibz. Ruqayya Muhammad was the top performer from Gurara LGA for becoming second in the 20 hibz. Meanwhile, each of those who emerged as second and third positions across the different hibzs received packages of cloths, praying mart, flacks, cups, and tokens of N20,000, N30,000 and N40,000 respectively.
In his remarks, Honorable Umar Jagaba started by thanking Almighty Allah for the success of the maiden edition of the Qur’anic recitation competition and also commended the organizers as well as the participants for making the events successful and memorable.
“Praise be to Almighty Allah for speaking our life to witness this great event where the holy book was memorized, I wish to also thank everyone involved in making the competition a very successful one, thank you all.”
Umar further revealed his continued commitment to the continuation of the annual Qur’anic recitation competition within Suleja, Tafa and Gurara under the Suleja emirate through a special foundation named after his late mother Hajiya Adama Isah Jagaba of blessed memory.
While commending the effort of the sponsor and organizers of the competition, the district head of Wuse Alhaji Adamu Tanko enjoined the participants to take advantage of the competition and improve in the science of the Holy book as he pray to Almighty Allah to rewards both the sponsor, organizers and the participants.
Notable people who grace the glorious event includes, Executive Chairman of Suleja local government Hon Isiyaku Bawa Na’ibi, Chief Imam of Suleja Emirate, Sheikh Ibrahim Nasir ably represented by Malam Muhammed Auwal Idris, Arc. Muhammad Rabiu Sadiq, Director of First Aid Group of Nigeria, Nigeria State chapter, Surveyor Abdullahi Yawa, among others.