Proffessor Alkali dead

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.