Another Confab delegate dies

The Secretariat of the National Conference on Saturday announced
thedeath of a delegate, Prof. Muhammad Nur Alkali.

He was one of the six delegates representing the Supreme Council
forIslamic Affairs at the 2014 National Conference in Abuja.

A statement by the Assistant Secretary, Media and Communications of
the conference, Mr. Akpandem James said Alkali died in his residence
in Maiduguri on Friday night at the age of 68.

A Professor of History and two-term Vice Chancellor of the University
of Maiduguri (1985 - 1992), the late Alkali was Director General ofthe
Nigeria Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) and
Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee under the administration
ofGeneral 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.

James said that the Chairman of conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, was
"deeply distressed by this sad development and on behalf of
theConference 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."

He said that kutigi also prayed the Almighty receives his spirit and
grants his soul sweet repose.

Alkali's death was preceded by those of Barrister Hamma Misau (a
delegate on the platform of the Retired Police officers), from
BauchiState, 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.