Ex- Kano commissioner, Dandago is dead

A former Commissioner for Finance in Kano state, Professor Kabir Isa Dandago, is dead.

Bayero University Director of Information, Lamara Garba confirmed the passing of the professor of Accounting and Taxation. He said the deceased died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Wednesday evening.

Garba stated that, “it is on a sad note that I announce the death of Professor Dandago. Professor Dandago recently contributed to an appeal fund to support the families of our deceased colleagues.

“May Almighty Allah grant him eternal rest in Jannatul Firdaus. Amin.”

According to him, the former Commissioner was invited to a Ramadan lecture last weekend by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) as a discussant.

The deceased served as finance commissioner between June 2015 and October 2018 under then Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and a one-time Dean of the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences.

He authored and edited many books on Accounting, Taxation, Finance and Economics.