The Kano State Government on Wednesday approved the renaming of Northwest University Kano to Yusuf Maitama Sule University Kano.
According to a press statement released Thursday by the DG Media and Communications Government House, Kano, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, the decision was unanimously agreed by the State Executive Council during an extraordinary meeting Wednesday night to immortalise the late Danmasanin Kano, Alhaji Dr Yusuf Maitama Sule “due to his immense contributions to the development of Kano, Arewa and Nigeria at large.”
The statement further disclosed that the council also approved the renaming of Dawaki Road where the residence of late elder statesman is located to Yusuf Maitama Sule Road.
The statement said Government’s decision was in part, driven by “people’s calls from within and outside Kano, for the state government to honour late Danmasanin Kano since his demise.”
