National Confab lost another member-Prof. Muhammad Nur Alkali
Another
delegate to the ongoing National Conference, Prof. Muhammad Nur Alkali, is
dead. Prof. Alkali, who is one of the six representatives of the Supreme Council
for Islamic Affairs, died at his residence in Maiduguri on Friday night, August
1, 2014. He was 68 years old.
A Professor of History, he was a two-term Vice
Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (1985-1992), Director General,
National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS (1993-1998) and
Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee under the administration of the late
Gen. Sani Abacha. He was a member of the Committee on Insecurity in the North
East (the Boko Haram Committee). He will be buried today, Saturday August 2,
2014 in Maiduguri. Chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, GCON,
feels deeply distressed by this sad development and on behalf of the Conference
Secretariat and Delegates, has expressed his deep condolences to the family of
the late Professor, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the platform
which Alkali represented at the Conference. Justice Kutigi prays the Almighty
receives his spirit and grants his soul sweet repose. Professor Alkali’s death
was preceded by those of Barrister Hamma Misau (a delegate on the platform of
the Retired Police officers), from Bauchi State, on Thursday, March 27, 2014;
Dr Mohammed Jumare (A delegate from Kaduna State) who died on Monday May 5,
2014 and Professor Dora Akunyili (a delegate who represented Anambra State) on
June 7, 2014.
Another delegate to the
ongoing National Conference, Prof. Muhammad Nur Alkali, is dead.
Prof. Alkali, who is one of the six representatives of the Supreme
Council for Islamic Affairs, died at his residence in Maiduguri on
Friday night, August 1, 2014.
He was 68 years old.
A Professor of History, he was a two-term Vice Chancellor of the
University of Maiduguri (1985-1992), Director General, National
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS (1993-1998) and
Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee under the administration of
the late Gen. Sani Abacha.
He was a member of the Committee on Insecurity in the North East (the
Boko Haram Committee).
He will be buried today, Saturday August 2, 2014 in Maiduguri.
Chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, GCON, feels deeply
distressed by this sad development and on behalf of the Conference
Secretariat and Delegates, has expressed his deep condolences to the
family of the late Professor, and the Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs, the platform which Alkali represented at the Conference.
Justice Kutigi prays the Almighty receives his spirit and grants his
soul sweet repose.
Professor Alkali’s death was preceded by those of Barrister Hamma Misau
(a delegate on the platform of the Retired Police officers), from Bauchi
State, on Thursday, March 27, 2014; Dr Mohammed Jumare (A delegate from
Kaduna State) who died on Monday May 5, 2014 and Professor Dora
Akunyili (a delegate who represented Anambra State) on June 7, 2014.
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