The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) held its fifteen-year anniversary of the Ramadan daily programme Sahur Live On NTA. The venue of the event was the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja with the theme: ISLAM AND PEACE.
The event was also a quasi-Waleematul Qur’an as Malama Hauwa is to complete reciting the entire Qur’an to Suratun Naas (with the translation given by yours sincerely) which she started from al-Faatihah fifteen years ago.
If I remember what happened correctly, it started roughly fifteen years ago after a meeting in the month of Ramadan with the then Director General of the NTA, Dr Tony Iredia. I was invited to the meeting where I also met Mr Wole Coker, the then GM of NTA Plus, and Aunty Bola Oyeyemi. I later understood that the whole idea was brought up by the duo of Aunty Bola and Mr Coker.
Dr Iredia said to me: ‘Ustaz, I called you concerning a proposition that came to my mind yesterday.’
‘I’m listening to you, sir.’ I…
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