Late Sheikh Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi and the 13th Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero were among the recipients of the prestigious Sheikh Usmanu Danfodiyo Award.
While Gumi who was the Grand Khadi of the defunct Northern Region bagged the Danfodiyo award for exemplary leadership, the late Emir was conferred with the Sultan Muhammad Bello award for good governance.Other recipients were Sheikh Sheriff Ibrahim Saleh who bagged the Sheikh Abdullahi Fordioyo award on knowledge and scholarship, while the former deputy governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Lateefat bagged the Nana Asma’u award on social development.
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