Kukah to be conferred with ‘2014 Outstanding African Leadership’ award

By Samuel Aruwan
Kaduna

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rt. Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah will on 17th October, 2014 be conferred with 2014 Outstanding African Leadership award by Voice Magazine in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The organization disclosed in a letter announcing the award to Bishop Kukah.
Kukah who accepted the award in return said he will continue to do his best to the glory of God and humanity.
The selection committee in the letter signed by Pastor Elvis Iruh, who chairs the committee said “On behalf of The Voice Magazine and The Voice Achievers Award Committee, we have the honour to inform you sir that the Award Committee for 2014 has proudly nominated and conferred on your person, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese in Nigeria as our “Outstanding African Leadership Award winner for 2014.
“Your selection for this award was a unanimous choice because of your tremendous contribution to the rebirth and development of the Christian faith through your commitment to righteousness and upliftment of social and moral values in our nation and invariably the continent and the rest of the world. You have taken your Christian work beyond the shores of Nigeria and it is quite commendable.
“Your effort as a man of God has seen you grown in statues, not afraid to call a spade, a spade and closely watching over the affairs of the Nigerian state despite probable risks to your personal life and safety. The lives of millions of Nigerians matter more to you that your personal life. You are determined to see a better church, people, society and country at large.”
Kukah who was born on 31st August, 1952 hailed from Anchuna, Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state, holds a doctorate degree from famous School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London. He has also attended Oxford University and Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University, Boston Massachusetts.