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Kwara governor appoints seven-man board for Arabic education

The appointment of the board comes barely two weeks after the government’s committee on the Ganmo Arabic School’s corporal punishment submitted its report.

• November 14, 2021
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has appointed a seven-man board of Arabic education comprising top Islamic scholars, academics and community leaders.

This is contained in a statement issued by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on Sunday in Ilorin.

According to the statement issued on Sunday by the governor’s spokesman, the board chairman is a renowned professor of Arabic Literature, Mashood Mahmud-Jimba, of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.

“Mahmud-Jimba holds a doctoral degree in Arabic Education and is a respected voice in the Islamic community.

“Other members of the statutory board are Ahmad Abubakar Agbaje who represents the proprietors of Arabic schools in the state; Rabiat Hussein and Abdullahi Muhammad Namallam who represent the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT).

“The remaining board members are Hafsat Titi Oloriegbe-Alao; Mumini Adebimpe (SAN) who represents the Ministry of Justice and Abbas Nurein Sunkanmi, as secretary,” the statement read.

The appointment of the board comes barely two weeks after the government’s committee on the Ganmo Arabic School’s corporal punishment submitted its report.

The report had, among other things, called for the immediate constitution of the Arabic board to attend to all issues concerning Arabic education in the state.

The statement added that Governor Abdulrazaq has appointed Abubakar Sadiq Seko as his Senior Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation.

It also said Soliu Habeeb Babaoloye, a member and advocate for the rights of the White Cane Community, has also been named Special Assistant to the governor on Persons Living With Disability (PLWD).

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