Sokoto, 18 September, 2023 / 6:47 pm (ACI Africa).
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto in Nigeria and Founder of The Kukah Centre is the winner of this Year’s Mundo Negro Fraternity Award, which identifies outstanding candidates connected with Africa.
The Kukah Centre made public the award on Monday, September 18, making reference to a letter that the vocal Nigerian Catholic Bishop, who is also known for good governance advocacy received from Fr. Enrique Bayo Mata.
In the letter, Fr. Bayo, a member the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCJ) and Director of the Madrid-based Spanish Magazine, Mundo Negro, acknowledges Bishop Kukah’s contribution to a better world through a peace and development institution he founded in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.
“Every year, the Magazine organizes the Encounter with Africa during which the Award is given to a chosen African personality or institution that has been characterized by their contribution to the construction of a better world and a better African continent,” Fr. Bayo says
“Our eyes have been opened to the excellent work of the Kukah Centre founded by you,” the official of the Spanish Comboni mission magazine says in the letter.
