This was disclosed in a statement signed by Fr. Attah Barkindo, Executive Director, The Kukah Centre, Abuja on Monday, September 18.
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah is the winner of this year's Mundo Negro Fraternity Award.
Kukah is the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto.
Bishop Kukah who is the founder of the Kukah Centre, also earns a €10,000 cash reward that comes with the award which would be formally presented to him in Madrid on February 3, 2024.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by Fr. Attah Barkindo, Executive Director, The Kukah Centre, Abuja on Monday, September 18.
Barkindo disclosed that the news was conveyed through a letter signed by Fr. Enrique Bayo Mata, a priest of the Comboni Missionaries and Director of the Madrid-based Spanish Magazine, Mundo Negro.
According to the letter, Fr. Bayo Mata said that every year, the Magazine organises the Encounter with Africa during which the Award is given to a chosen African personality or institution that has been characterised by their contribution to the construction of a better world and a better African continent.
The letter further stated that: Our eyes have been opened to the excellent work of the Kukah Centre founded by you.
The Award, which carries a Ten Thousand Euros (10,000€) cash reward will be formally presented to His Lordship in Madrid on February 3, 2024.
The letter read: “We at the Kukah Centre are humbled by this show of appreciation for the contributions of the Founder of our Centre. While we congratulate our Founder, Bishop Kukah, we sincerely thank the initiators of this Award. We promise that this Award will spur us all to work even harder in promoting the ideals that Bishop Kukah represents to make the world a better place through the activities of the Kukah Centre.”