The custodians of the prestigious Mundo Negro Fraternity Award has stated why it bestowed the 2023 award on the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, His Lordship, Matthew Hassan Kukah.
Bishop Kukah won this Year’s Mundo Negro Fraternity Award, according to the announcer.
The news was conveyed to the founder of the Kukah Centre via a letter signed by a priest of the Comboni Missionaries and Director of the Madrid-based Spanish Magazine, Mundo Negro, Fr. Enrique Bayo Mata.
Executive Director of the Kukah Centre, Fr Atta Barkindo, confirmed the award in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday while he expressed gratitude for the recognition of Bishop Kukah’s contributions; assuring that the award will spur them all to work harder to promote the ideals that Bishop Kukah represents to make the world a better place.
The award includes a cash prize of €10,000 that would be officially presented to Bishop Kukah in Madrid on February 3, 2024.
Mata explained that the magazine organises an annual event tagged ‘the Encounter with Africa’ during which the award is given to a notable African personality or institution that has been characterised by their contribution to building a better world and a better African continent.
“Our eyes have been opened to the excellent work of the Kukah Centre founded by Bishop Kukah.”
