Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq joins the Arabic scholarly community and the people of the state to congratulate Prof. Moshood Mahmud Jimba on his winning the Sheikh Hamad Prize for International Understanding in Doha, Qatar.
Jimba, who is a deputy vice chancellor of the Kwara State University and chairman of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board, is a professor of Arabic Literature whose works are widely praised globally.
He won the latest award on Tuesday night in Doha, Qatar for his outstanding translation of the famed D.O. Fagunwa’s Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmọlẹ̀ (the Brave Hunter in the Forest of 400 Deities), and Waka Ilorin from Yoruba to Arabic.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, Governor Abdulrazaq congratulates the scholar for his contributions to knowledge and his impressive social capital in the community of Arabic and Islamic scholarship in Ilorin, Nigeria, and beyond.
The Governor asks Allah to bless the new feat of Prof. Jimba and uphold him upon goodness.
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