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Jigawa NUJ Loses Chairman

The Chairman, Correspondents Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Jigawa State, Ahmad Abubakar has died.

Ahmad Abubakar

His death was confirmed by the Secretary of the chapel, Muhammad Zangina Kura, in a statement issued on Wednesday.

He said Abubakar died at the age of 54 in the early hours of Wednesday at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital after a brief illness.

Until his death, he was a Daily Sun Newspaper correspondent in the state.

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He was survived by his wife and six children.

“With total submission to the will of Allah we announced the death of Chairman Correspondents Chapel, Nigeria Union Of Journalist, Jigawa State chapter Malam Ahmad Abubakar,” he said.

He prayed for Almighty Allah SWA to forgive his shortcomings and grant his soul rest in Jannatul Firdausi.

Governor Badaru condoles with NUJ

Meanwhile, the Governor of Jigawa state, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has condoled with the NUJ Jigawa state Chapter, over the death of the Ahmad Abubakar.
In a statement issued on Wednesday morning by Auwal Sankara, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Badaru Abubakar, the state’s No.1 citizen sends his condolence message.
He described the deceased as a person with an exceptional character “whose professionalism in the pen profession has helped in the development of the state”. He prayed to God to grant the late media practitioner paradise, and also give the family the fortitude to bear with the irreplaceable loss.
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