A trailblazing Spelling Bee Competition has been launched in Kaduna State to promote literacy and academic excellence among students, in honour of Governor Uba Sani.
The initiative, fully sponsored and driven by Barrister Aisha Ahmad Mohammad, Secretary of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), is designed to inspire healthy academic competition and reward excellence across the state’s three zones.
She disclosed that all arrangements for the Zone 1 event have reached an advanced stage. She added that the competition will proceed to Zones 2 and 3, culminating in a State Grand Finale where the overall champion — known as the Gwani — will emerge.
“Each zone will have its own prizes,” she said, “and in addition, there will be the Speaker Abbas Prize, a capital project award to be executed in the best-performing schools in both the Junior and Senior categories.”
“This is about giving our children confidence through knowledge — empowering them to dream big and excel,” Barrister Aisha explained.
She called on all Local Government Chairmen to give their full support and blessings for the success of the programme, describing it as a pioneer effort to rekindle the reading culture and strengthen the foundation of literacy in Kaduna State.
Barrister Aisha further revealed that the semi-final rounds will take place across the Local Government Areas in November, while the Grand Finale will be held in Zaria, Insha Allah, in January.
Although privately sponsored, the initiative aligns with Governor Uba Sani’s broader human capital development agenda, which prioritizes education, youth empowerment, and equal learning opportunities as the pillars of Kaduna State’s sustainable progress.
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