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Diminishing reading culture affects quality of education ” – Ganduje

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Kano State Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje observes that the challenge of diminishing reading culture among children and youth affects quality of education.

According to Ganduje, lack of reading culture does not only affects the education sector but even the economic, social and political aspects are becoming victims of the negative trend.

The Governor made the statement today Thursday while declaring opene a one day Seminar on readership promotion organised for Students and Young Readers Clubs by Kano State Library Board, held at the Board’s conference hall.

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” The challenge now is the diminishing reading culture particularly among our children and our youth. We are here today to listento the scholars and experts in the field to brainstorm and offer suģgestions on how to revive the reading culture among the children, youth and the entire populace ” said Ganduje.

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Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje represented by his Deputy Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna maintained that despite billions of Naira spent by the administration at both basic, post primary and tertiary levels of education, there is need to complement this effort with sound and vibrant libraries and library services.

He revealed that during the first term of his administration, a comprehensive assesment had been made on the State’s Public Libraries Situation, stressing that…” contract was awarded for the renovation of all the seventeen branch libraries across the State’s Local Government and the construction of new additional libraries in four local governments of the State “.

Ganduje announced that recently, Kano State Government had approved and almost completed the construction of e-learning Library and a Computer Based Centre with modern facilities worth hundreds millions of Naira in Murtala Muhammad Library, which he described as transformation to modern day libraries.

With regards to the weekly radio programme on readership promotion and writing competition among Senior Secondary Schools introduced by the State library, Dr. Ganduje described the idea as welcome development which should be given the desired support.

In his remarks, the State Commissioner of Education Muhammad Sanusi Sa’id Kiru explained that while coming to the office as Commissioner, his Ministry had succeeded in executing a project for the procurement of furniture and library equipment worth more than N220 million.

” Your Excellency when I came , I discovered that about 17 of our libraries under this board in various local governments were under the custody of Kano State Ministry of Works. We have to struggle day and night to make sure that we retrieve our libraries back to this Minstry ” the Commissioner confirmed.

Earlier, the Executive Secretary Kano State Library Board Dr. Ibrahim Ahmed Bichi explained that the one day Seminar on readership promotion was organised to among other things improve reading culture among Students and Young Readers Clubs across the State.

In a statement by Deputy Governor’s Chief Press Secretary Hassan Musa Fagge said Others who spoke at the occasion include the Commissioner Kano State Ministry for Higher Education Dr. Mariya Mahmud Bunkure and the Executive Secretary Kano State Senior Secondary Management Board Dr. Bello Shehu.

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Breaking:Former Chief Justice Of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Is Dead

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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), is dead.

A close source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Tuesday morning that the former head of Nigerian judiciary passed away at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

“Ex-CJN Tanko Muhammad is dead. He passed away this morning at a Saudi Arabian Hospital,” the source said.

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Nigeria Tracker reports that Late President Muhammadu Buhari appointed late Justice Ibrahim Tanko into the exalted seat after the sacking of his predecessor Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen over the issue of code of conduct in January 2019.

In Late 2022 Justice Ibrahim Tanko suddenly exited the seat due to what many said intense pressure from cabals in Late President Muhammad Buhari’s presidency and was succeeded by retired Justice olukayode .

Late Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad hails from Bauchi state .

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The Aso Rock Gossip That Made Late President Buhari Lock His Wife Out

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

In a new biography, former First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that late President Muhammadu Buhari began locking his bedroom door, preventing her from gaining access, after hearing rumors within Aso Rock that she intended to kill him.

This personal account is featured in the 600-page book, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, where Aisha Buhari details her experience managing her husband’s health challenges during his presidency.

She stated that the former president, trusting the gossip circulating within the presidential villa, altered some of his personal habits as a result.

The biography, which was authored by Charles Omole, director-general of the Institute for Police and Security Policy Research, was launched at the presidential villa in Abuja.

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Many high-profile persons and political chieftains, including President Bola Tinubu, attended the launch.

In the book, Aisha said Buhari’s 2017 health crisis was not a mysterious ailment or the effect of poisoning, but began after a broken feeding routine and mismanaged nutritional habits.

The former first lady said she had long managed her husband’s meals and supplements at specific hours, adding that the regimen helped Buhari to maintain stability.

“According to Aisha Buhari, her husband’s 2017 health crisis did not originate as a mysterious ailment or a covert plot. It started, she says, with the loss of a routine; ‘my nutrition,’ she describes it, a pattern of meals and supplements she had long overseen in Kaduna before they moved into Aso Villa,” the book reads.

When they moved to the villa, she said she convened a meeting with close staff including Suhayb Rafindadi, the physician; Bashir Abubakar, the chief security officer; the housekeeper, and the DSS DG to explain the plan.

After some time, the plan was discontinued.

“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives, I explained the plan: daily, at specific hours, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oil, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there. Elderly bodies require gentle, consistent support,” Aisha was quoted as saying in the book.

“Then came the gossip and the fearmongering. They said I wanted to kill him.

“My husband believed them for a week or so,” she said, adding that the president began locking his room, changed small habits, and crucially, “meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped”.

“For a year, he did not have lunch. They mismanaged his meals,” she added.

Aisha denied stories of plots to poison her husband, adding that Buhari’s health began deteriorating because of “loss of a routine, ‘my nutrition,’ was the genesis of the crisis”.

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Former Kano LG Chairmen Endorse Tinubu, Reaffirm Loyalty to Ganduje as Kano APC Leader

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‎Former local government chairmen in Kano State who served between 2014 and 2024 under the administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term and reaffirmed their loyalty to the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ganduje, as the party’s leader in Kano State.

‎The former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Baffa Takai, made this position known during a closed-door meeting with Kano APC stakeholders in Abuja.

‎‎The former local government chairmen also expressed their solidarity with APC stakeholders under the leadership of Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, commending their efforts toward promoting unity and progress within the party.

‎They called on other party members to join hands with them in fostering peace, unity, and progress within the APC.

‎The group further reaffirmed its commitment to the party’s ideals and principles and pledged to continue working collectively to strengthen the party and ensure its victory in future elections.

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