Another National Conference delegate, Professor Alkali is dead

Another delegate to the ongoing National Conference, Prof. Muhammad Nur Alkali, 68, 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.

 

The Professor of History 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.
The deceased 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.

Culled from DailyPost