The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has announced the result of the 39th edition of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, held in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.
This is as the council also declared that the winners were the qualified candidates to represent Nigeria at the different categories of the 2025 international Quranic competition.
FrontPage reports that the 39th edition of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition was held between December 20 and 28, 2024.
According to a statement issued by the Secretary-General of the NSCIA, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the competition, which featured six categories, was organised by the accredited agent of the Council on all Musabaqah-related matters – Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, on behalf of the entire Ummah in Nigeria.
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He stated that the council expected that all the winners would continue to be worthy ambassadors of Islam and the Ummah in both learning and character.
The results of the six categories of the competition (for both females and males) are as follows:
1ST CATEGORY
MEMORIZATION OF THE WHOLE QUR’AN WITH TAFSIR & QIRA’AT
| Position | FEMALE | MALE | ||||
| NAME | STATE | TOTAL | NAME | STATE | TOTAL | |
| 1st | Rumaisa’u Dahir Ibrahim | Gombe | 95.60 | Bukhari Sunusi Idris | Kano | 98.20 |
| 2nd | Fatima Abubakar Lawan | Kano | 94.60 | Nuhu Muhammad | Gombe | 96.20 |
| 3rd | Zainab Yazid | Katsina | 92.50 | Mustapha Muhammad Nasir | Kebbi | 95.30 |
2nd CATEGORY
MEMORIZATION OF THE WHOLE QUR’AN WITH TAFSIR
| Position | FEMALE | MALE | ||||
| NAME | STATE | TOTAL | NAME | STATE | TOTAL | |
| 1st | Khadijah Aliyu Ubam | Nasarawa | 96.60 | Bilal Hamza Abubakar | Zamfara | 96.20 |
| 2nd | Zeenat Olawumi Hamzat | Oyo | 95.80 | Ismail Dahiru Nuhu | Plateau | 96.01 |
| 3rd | Hafsa Yakubu Idris | Kano | 94.50 | Nasiru Dahiru Atafowa | Bauchi | 96.00 |
3rd CATEGORY
MEMORIZATION OF 60 HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN
| Position | FEMALE | MALE | ||||
| NAME | STATE | TOTAL | NAME | STATE | TOTAL | |
| 1st | Khadija Ibrahim Aliyu | Kaduna | 99.50 | Abdussalam Rabiu | Katsina | 98.80 |
| 2nd | Fatima Musa Ahmad | Borno | 97.80 | Ahmad Zakariya Salisu | Yobe | 98.00 |
| 3rd | Hafsat Ahmad Abubakar | Plateau | 97.70 | Musa Aminu | Sokoto | 97.20 |
4TH CATEGORY
MEMORIZATION OF 30 HIZB OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN
| Position | FEMALE | MALE | ||||
| NAME | STATE | TOTAL | NAME | STATE | TOTAL | |
| 1st | Aishatu Suleiman Isgogo | Kebbi | 98.50 | Lawal Jafar | Sokoto | 97.41 |
| 2nd | Khadijah Musa | Kaduna | 98.40 | Jabir Dahiru Ibrahim | Jigawa | 97.40 |
| 3rd | Jameelat Opeyemi Tijani | Kwara | 98.20 | Muhmmad Babagana Aji Kolo | Borno | 97.30 |
5TH CATEGORY
MEMORIZATION OF 10 HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN & TANGHEEM
| Position | FEMALE | MALE | ||||
| NAME | STATE | TOTAL | NAME | STATE | TOTAL | |
| 1st | Sumayyah Umar Sheik | Niger | 96.50 | Mahmud Bashar | Jigawa | 92.80 |
| 2nd | Rukayya Aminu Yakubu | Jigawa | 94.30 | Issa Abdul-lateef | Kwara | 87.20 |
| 3rd | Hauwa’u Muhammad Bala | Plateau | 94.20 | Abdulmajeed Idris | Edo | 86.6 |
6TH CATEGORY
MEMORIZATION OF 2 CONSECUTIVE HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN
| Position | FEMALE | MALE | ||||
| NAME | STATE | TOTAL | NAME | STATE | TOTAL | |
| 1 | Fatima Bello Abdullahi | Cross River | 98.30 | Mohammed Sani Hassan | Ebonyi | 96.30 |
| 2 | Zainab Muhammad Hussaini | Edo | 98.10 | Musa Jafar | Enugu | 95.50 |
| 3 | Fatima Abubakar Sadiq | Akwa Ibom | 97.20 | Abdulganiyy Abdulsabur Umar | Edo | 94.40 |
