Muheeb Mashood reports
The newly appointed chairman of the Caretaker Committee for Students’ Union of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Abdullahi Sanusi has pledged commitment, saying that he will lead and assist the students in achieving their aims and objectives on campus.
He made this known while speaking with The News Digest Press on Friday, 1st September 2023 following his appointment.
Recall that the management of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has dissolved the SU elected executives and the Student’s Representatives Assembly.
This was disclosed in a circular released on Friday, 1st September and signed by the Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Umar Aliyu.
“Sequel to the Memo dated 28 August, 2023 released by the University Management dissolving the Students’ Union Executives alongside Students’ Representative Assembly (SRA) members and subsequent directives to the Deanery to constitute a caretaker Committee, the following are hereby appointed to serve in the constituted Students’ Union Caretaker Committee ” the circular reads in part.
The circular contained a twelve-men standing committee led by Abdullahi Sanusi.
They are: Abdullahi Sanusi (Chairman), Mubarak Ibrahim Muhammad (Vice Chairman I), Fauziyya Bashir Shuaibu (Vice Chairman II); Aminu Muhammad Ahmad (Food Director) and Akande Fatai Ayomide (Social Director).
Salihu Umar Sulaiman (Welfare Director), Adewuyi Ganiyat Taiwo (Treasurer), Umar Abdullahi Danjuma (Director of Sports); Ogwuche Abraham Oche (Director of Protocol), AbdulRauf Abdullahi Opeyemi (P.R.O), Abubakar Sanusi (Asst. Sec. General) and Muhammad Mansur Abubakar (Secretary General).”
The chairman, Comrade Abdullah Sanusi pledged his commitment toward students’ needs, promising to unite with other members of the committee as well as the school management towards ensuring cooperation among them to achieve their goals.
“I will lead and assist students in achieving our aims and objectives. I will in-sha Allah try my best to make students happy (though I can’t please everyone). I will work hand in hand with other EXCO to work as a team and in-sha Allah we will succeed,” he said.
“The CTC will liaise with school management and bring students needs.”
“The previous leadership was dissolved for reasons known by the management, but surely, it must be unpleasant.
“Therefore, I must learn from their mistakes and work hard to avoid repeating the same,” he added.
Who is Comrade Abdullahi Sanusi?
Abdullahi Sanusi is a 400-level law student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto and the serving clap representative of his class.
He claimed to have prolific leadership experiences from his basic education level that passed up to the present time.
He served as the financial secretary and treasurer of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Yusuf Bala Usman College of Legal and General Studies, Daura chapter.
He also served as the Director of Protocol for Caretaker Committee of Law Students Society(LSS), 2022/2023 academic session
and member of electoral committee for the last faculty of Law elections in 2023.