Another delegate at the National
Conference, Muhammad Alkali, is dead,
according to a press statement released
by the conference.
The Secretariat of the National
Conference on Saturday morning
received with great grief the sad news of
the demise of Professor Muhammad Nur
Alkali, who was one of the six delegates
representing the Supreme Council for
Islamic Affairs (SCIA) at the 2014
National Conference in Abuja.
Professor Alkali died in his residence in
Maiduguri on the night of Friday, August
1, 2014. He was 68 years old.
A Professor of History and two-term Vice
Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri
(1985 – 1992), the late Mr. Alkali was
Director General of the Nigeria Institute
of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS)
and Chairman, Presidential Advisory
Committee under the administration of
General Sani Abacha. More recently, he
was a member of the Committee on
Insecurity in the North East (The Boko
Haram Committee)
He will be buried later today, Saturday,
August 2, 2014, in Maiduguri.
The Conference Chairman, Justice Idris
Kutigi, 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 Hamma Misau (a delegate on the
platform of the Retired Police officers),
from Bauchi State, on Thursday, March
27, 2014; Mohammed Jumare (A
delegate from Kaduna State) who died on
Monday May 5, 2014; and Dora Akunyili
(a delegate who represented Anambra
State) on June 7, 2014.
Signed:
Akpandem James
Assistant Secretary, media and
communication.

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