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 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.
Conference Chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi, GCON, 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 Barrister Hamma Misau (a
delegate on the platform of the Retired Police officers), from Bauchi
State, 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.