NSCIA announces winners of 39th National Qur’anic Recitation Competition

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, has announced the winners of the 39th National Qur’anic Recitation Competition.

The prestigious event was held in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, from December 20 to 28, 2024.

Organized by the Centre for Islamic Studies at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, the competition is the NSCIA’s authorized platform for managing musabaqah (Qur’anic recitation competitions) on behalf of the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria.

The six-category competition featured participants in both male and female divisions.

The NSCIA reaffirmed the exclusive eligibility of the announced winners to represent the country on the global stage and reiterated that the Centre for Islamic Studies remains the sole coordinating body for musabaqah in Nigeria.

The results of the six categories of the competition (for both females and males) are produced below:

The results of the six categories of the competition (for both females and males) are as follows:

1^ST CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF THE WHOLE QUR’AN WITH TAFSIR & QIRA’AT

Position	FEMALE			MALE
Position	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

2^nd CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF THE WHOLE QUR’AN WITH TAFSIR

Position	FEMALE			MALE
Position	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

3^rd CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF 60 HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN

Position	FEMALE			MALE
Position	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

4^TH CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF 30 HIZB OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN

Position	FEMALE			MALE
Position	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

5^TH CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF 10 HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN & TANGHEEM

Position	FEMALE			MALE
Position	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

6^TH CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF 2 CONSECUTIVE HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN

Position	FEMALE			MALE
Position	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