The Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and the State Executive Council have approved the renaming of Northwest University in Kano to Yusuf Maitama Sule University.

In a statement issued on Wednesday in Kano, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, DG Media and Communications, Government House Kano, said the decision was unanimously agreed by the Executive Council during an extraordinary meeting of the council late last night to immortalise late Danmasanin Kano, Alhaji Dr. Yusuf Maitama Sule, due to his immense contributions to the development of Kano, Arewa and Nigeria at large.

He disclosed that the Council also approved the renaming of Dawaki Road where the residence of Late Danmasanin Kano is located to Yusuf Maitama Sule Road while the current Yusuf Maitama Sule link Road has been renamed Jafaru Dan Mallam Link Road.

According to the DG, the decision was reached after an extensive deliberation at the extraordinary council, and taking into account people’s calls from within and outside Kano, for the state government to honour the late Danmasanin Kano since his demise.

“Governor Ganduje’s administration is determined to honour sons and daughters of Kano who have sacrificed their lives to the development of the state,” he said.