Winners Emerge In Kwara Qur’an Competition

Tukur Abdul from Ilorin West local government has emerged overall winner of the 2026 Kwara State Qur’an memorisation competition.

Abdul emerged victorious in the first category memorisation of complete Qur’an, Tafsir and Qiraat.
The winners were announced at the closing ceremony of the state Qur’an Competition, held at George Innih Stadium Complex, Ilorin.

Haroon Hassan from Ilorin West local government secured second position while Abdulwaaris Ismail from Offa local settled for third position.

In the female category, Jemeelat Tijani from Ilorin South came first in the memorisation of complete Qur’an after defeating Semeeyah Idrees from Asa local government, Habeebat AbdulAzeez from Offa local government, and Aisha Raji of Ifelodun local government area.

In his sermon, the guest speaker and national missioner Ansar -U- Deen Society of Nigeria, Shaikh AbdulRahman Ahmad urged Muslims to ensure those memorising the Qur’an are well tutored both in learning and characters to prevent prevent them from the distraction of the modern digital age.
Shaikh Ahmad advised Muslims to shun the idea of getting attached to the digital noise in the use of phones and other digital devices.

He urged Muslims to put in place concrete steps to prevent the extinction of those who memorize Qur’an and maintained the standard.

The chairman of the occasion and vice chancellor of Kwara State University ,Malete, Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh commended the organisers for their commitment to the annual Qur’an recitation competition.
Jimoh appealed to wealthy Muslims to support the initiative to enable the participants and organisers do better.

Earlier, the chairman,Kwara state committee on National Qur’an Recitation Competition ,Alh Shehu AbdulGafar said the national competition will be hosted by Jigawa State government in collaboration with Centre for Islamic Studies,Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto.

He said the event is a culmination of various painstaking and contested stages of the competition which started from ward levels to local government levels in which winners of this level competed with their peers at each senatorial level.

In his address, the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheik Muhammad Bashir Dasuki, said Qur’an was ordained for Muslims to serve as guide in their life and the hereafter.

He said the importance of the holy Qur’an to human cannot be overemphasised.

The winners of the just concluded Qur’an memorisation are to represent Kwara State in the National Qur’an Recitation Competition in Dutse, Jigawa State in December 2026.