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Thursday, 5 April 2018

Ganduje Appoints Ex-INEC Boss, Jega to Chair Panel on Advancement of Politics


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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has appointed Professor Attahiru Jega to chair a 15-man committee for the establishment of Yusuf Maitama Sule Centre for Advancement of Politics and Democratic Governance in the state.

This was contained in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Muhammad Garba, which was made available to journalists on Thursday.

The statement said establishment of the centre is a tribute to late Yusuf Maitama Sule immense contributions to political and democratic development in the North and Nigeria as a whole.

The statement added that the centre would also be utilised for research and scholarly discourse for the advancement of politics and democratic governance.

The statement further said members of the committee include Justice Mamman Nasir (Galadiman Katsina), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, Prof. Mustapha Isa Ahmad (Vice Chancellor, Yusuf Maitama Sule University); Prof. Shehu Musa (Vice Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology), Prof. Sule Bello and Prof. Dahiru Yahaya.

Others are Mansur Ahmed, Tajuddeen Aminu Dantata, Ibrahim Haruna, Alhaji Muhtari Hassan, Alhaji Muhtari Maitama and representative of Kano Emirate Council while Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) is to provide the secretary for the committee.

"It could be recalled that following the death in July last year of the two time minister and former Nigerian permanent representative to the United Nations, Governor Ganduje renamed the state-owned university to Yusuf Maitama Sule University and the street where his residence is located to Yusuf Maitama Sule road in honour of the octogenarian statesman," the statement said.

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