First Lady Oluremi Tinubu Awards N20m to Qur’anic Champion
Oluremi Tinubu, the First Lady of Nigeria, presented N20 million to Maryam Ibrahim Dan’Azumi, who won the King Abdulaziz International Qur’anic Competition held in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The award ceremony occurred at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on a Tuesday, with Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya leading a delegation to honor Maryam.
Yahaya expressed gratitude to Tinubu for the support towards Maryam's education. Maryam, a student at Abubakar Siddiq Community School for Qur’anic Memorisation in Gombe, excelled in the second category of the competition, achieving a score of 97.70 marks in memorization, recitation, Tajweed, and interpretation of the Holy Qur’an.
This competition was notable for being the first to include female contestants in its 46-year history. Maryam's victory also earned her a prize of N120 million from the Saudi competition.
The First Lady praised Maryam as a source of pride for Nigerian women and the girl-child.
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