The male and female winners will serve as guides and preachers during the 2024 Hajj, as announced at the competition finals in Kaduna.
Governor Sani also awarded cash prizes to winners in various categories and expressed his commitment to addressing challenges encountered during the 2023 Hajj, explaining the formation of a committee for an improved and seamless 2024 Hajj exercise.
“What I want to tell whoever gets a contract for Hajj services, is that they should fear Allah and give the best to the pilgrims so that they can earn the prayers of the pilgrims, not the wrath of Allah the pilgrims are going to serve,” he said.
Meanwhile, the National Leader, Jama’atu Izalatu Bid’ah Wa Ikamatu Sunnah, Abdullahi Lau, while delivering a lecture at the event, also said that the Qur’an is the solution to ending the challenges of terrorism because whoever understands the Qur’an will not engage in terrorism and banditry.
He urged Muslim scholars to fall back to the Holy Qur’an to ensure that peace reigns, noting that that remained the only solution to the security challenges bedeviling the land.
The Islamic cleric who commended the governor for his contribution to the propagation of Islam urged him to carry on with the good works of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
Lau noted that infrastructural development without citizens’ welfare was not good enough.
He also urged Nigerians, especially the Muslim ummah (community) to stay away from worshipping anything other than their creator.
The Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Dahiru Liman, also announced the donation of the sum of N1.5 million to the winners and judges of the competition.
