{"id":29869,"date":"2014-08-05T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=29869"},"modified":"2014-08-06T05:10:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T04:10:06","slug":"prof-alkali-peoples-leader-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/prof-alkali-peoples-leader-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Alkali was a people\u2019s leader \u2013 Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the late delegate to the National Conference and \u00a0former Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Professor Nura Alkali, as a \u201cscholar par excellence\u201d who would be missed greatly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a tribute to the late Alkali, the former Vice President in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja, said the late historian did not distinguish himself not only as an intellectual, but also a patriot who had contributed to the country\u2019s political development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Atiku, the late Professor Alkali was always invited by successive governments to come and offer his wealth of experience in the service of the country. Atiku Abubakar recalled that Professor Alkali\u2019s last public assignment was his membership of the National Conference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the former Vice President said, Professor Alkali\u2019s greatest virtues were the fact that he lived and identified with his immediate community. He recalled that while other politicians deserted Borno State to live in Abuja because of the\u00a0<em>Boko Haram<\/em>\u00a0security menace, Professor Alkali had remained in the midst of his people until his death.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Signed:<\/p>\n<p>Atiku Media Office<\/p>\n<p>61 Ebitu Ukiwe Street<\/p>\n<p>Jabi<\/p>\n<p>Abuja<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atiku.org\/\">www.atiku.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/atiku.org\">www.facebook.com\/atiku.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/atiku\">www.twitter.com\/atiku<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the late delegate to the National Conference and \u00a0former Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Professor Nura Alkali, as a \u201cscholar&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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