Share KANO State government has gifted Muhammad Auwal Gusau, from Zamfara State, who emerged the best in the male category and his counterpart, Nusaiba Shu’aibu Ahmed, from Kano State, who came first in the female category, a sum of N2.5 million each at the 35th national Qur’anic recitation competition held in Kano. Speaking at the ground finale of the competition, which was held at the convocation arena of the Bayero University, Kano, the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, represented by his deputy, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, said a total 180 males and 190 females from all the 36 states of the federation and FCT participated in the nine-day Qur’anic recitation competition with the two overall winners receiving a cash prize of N2.5 million each from the Kano State government.