Kwara Gov., AbdulRazaq excited as Prof Alaro bags prestigious award in University of Madina
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State Governor has sent his congratulatory message to Prof. Abdurrazaq Abdulmajeed Alaro (mni) on his award-winning as the ‘most intellectual impact’ of the International Islamic University of Madina, Saudi Arabia.
In a statement released by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said the award reasserts the place of Prof. Alaro, a Kwaran, as a global leader in Islamic law and a public intellectual who continues to impact his community with his contributions to knowledge.
The statement reads, “The Government and people of Kwara State are proud to identify with the sterling achievements of Professor Alaro. We share in the joy and honour that this recognition brings to him and his family, especially because of the inspiration such a feat gives to younger generations.”
“We pray Allah to grant him more successes in the coming years and the good health to live his dreams to the fullest.”
The Informant247 gathered that Prof. Alaro, a lecturer at the University of Ilorin, who is also a recipient of the Kwara State Lifetime Achievement Award that was held in December 2022, was on Wednesday night awarded the best alumnus of all time with the most intellectual impact by the University of Madina.
Alaro was honoured alongside other outstanding alumni of the school who have made huge contributions to knowledge, such as Dr. Hamid Choi Yong Kil, the first Korean Muslim to translate the Qur’an and Sahih Al-Bukhari into the Korean language; Dr. Muhammad Hidayat Nur Wahid, former Speaker of Indonesia People’s Consultative Assembly; and Prof. Massire Doukoure who specializes in computational linguistics at Yobe State University.
