Members of the Association of Participants and Winners of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition (APWON) have been charged to prioritise the improvement of Qur’an recitation among participants at state and national levels to achieve more international victories.
Speaking during the inauguration of the Osun State chapter’s executives, the National President of APWON, Dr Aliyu Mohammed Tukur, from Zamfara State, also called for greater commitment to the promotion of Qur’anic education and Islamic values.
Represented by the association’s National Director of Education, Professor Faiz Shuaib, from Kaduna State, Tukur charged the newly inaugurated officials to improve the teaching of Qur’an recitation.
He also advised them to organise regular seminars to boost their performance and urged Muslims in Osun State to practise the teachings of the Holy Qur’an.
The newly inaugurated state chairman, Sheikh Muhammad Thanni Dhikrullah Onikunkeu, from Iwo, Osun State, expressed his happiness and pledged that his administration would prioritise improving Qur’an recitation among participants at state and national levels.
He also called on members and stakeholders to support the association.
Also speaking, the Akire of Ikire-Ile, Oba Abdulazeez Olatubosun Adebamiji, stressed the importance of traditional institutions in the development of Islamic education in society.
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He encouraged young participants not to limit themselves to Qur’an recitation alone but also to practise its teachings.
The newly inaugurated state officials are: Chairman: Sheikh Muhammad Thanni Dhikrullah Onikunkeu, Vice-Chairman: Dr Yaqub Abdul Hameed, General Secretary: Sheikh Abdulwaheed Olalekan, Assistant Secretary: Sheikh Abubakar Imran Monlaasan, Financial Secretary: Sheikh Fadhillah Shittu, Treasurer: Sheikh Abdullahi Fasaasi, Public Relations Officer I: Sheikh Abdulazeez Ademola, Public Relations Officer II: Sheikh Kamorudeen Kadiri
The chairman, Sheikh Dhikrullah Onikunkeu, appreciated everyone who attended the inauguration, including the National General Secretary of APWON and Ogun State chairman, Sheikh Rifat Kolawole Abdulsalam; President of the Osun Muslim Community, Sheikh Mustopha Olawuyi; the Imam and Coordinator of the Osun State NURCC, Sheikh Al-Imam Musa Oladapo Raji; members of the organising committee; Qur’an recitation participants; the association’s patrons and matrons; and Islamic scholars.
The inauguration, held at the Osun State Muslim Community Secretariat, Surulere area, Osogbo, brought together representatives of the association’s National Executive Council from different states, Islamic scholars and Qur’an recitation participants.
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