The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese of the Catholic Church, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, will next week Friday be conferred with the 2014 Outstanding African Leadership Award by Voice Magazine in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
This was contained in a letter by the Magazine to the Bishop, which was made available to reporters in Kaduna on Tuesday.
Already, the cleric is understood to have accepted the award, promising to 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 stature, 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”.
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