KEBBI STATE GOVERNOR DISSOLVES GOVERNING COUNCIL OF ABDULLAHI FODIO UNIVERSITY ALIERO RELIEVES VC, OTHERS. (PHOTO).

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 KEBBI STATE GOVERNOR DISSOLVES GOVERNING COUNCIL OF ABDULLAHI FODIO UNIVERSITY ALIERO RELIEVES VC, OTHERS The Kebbi State Government has dissolved the Governing Council of Abdullahi Fodio University of Science and Technology, Aliero, and relieved the Vice-Chancellor and the two Deputy Vice-Chancellors of their appointments. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Yakubu Bala Tafida, says the decision follows the State Executive Council’s consideration of the visitation panel report. It adds that the Registrar and Bursar have also been removed, while the appointment of Abba Muhammad Adua has been terminated. The statement further discloses that Professor Samaila Arzika Mungadi has been appointed Sole Administrator, with a mandate to stabilise governance and restore academic standards pending the reconstitution of a new Governi The decision takes immediate effect.

16 KANO PREGNANT WOMEN,BARRED FROM HAJJ.

                         Today thursday,the Kano State Pilgrim Welfare Board said that 16 female intending pilgrims,discovered to be pregnant,had been barred from performing 2016 Hajj.The Executive Secretary of the board,Malam Abba Yakubu,disclosed this in an interview in Kano.He said the affected pilgrims were detected during the medical and pregnancy test conducted by the committee set up to screen the pilgrims.He said ''All the 16 female intending pilgrims will not be allowed to go to Holy Land in compliance with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria {NAHCON} directive''.Yakubu said the board had already replaced the affected pilgrims with the names of their relations as requested by them.He disclosed that the board had completed the necessary arrangements for the commencement of the transportation of its intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.The executive secretary said the exercise,which was to commence today August 11,had now been shifted to August 12,following the delay in getting the Basic Travelling Allowance {BTA} for the pilgrims.''We have shifted the transportation of the first batch of our pilgrims to Friday August 12,following the delay in securing BTA for our intending pilgrims.So by the grace of God,the transportation will commence unfailingly tomorrow''.Yakubu said the board would deploy 13 health personnel including doctors and nurses to take care of the state pilgrims while in Saudi for hajj.He said that the board had so far secured over 4,500 visas for its intending pilgrims while the remaining 1,388 passports were being processed at the Saudi Consulate in Kano.

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