Kano State Government has declared Tuesday a public holiday to mourn the exit of elder statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule.
The state Commissioner for Information, Mohammed Garba, made this known in a statement on Monday.
Garba explained that Sule’s body on arrival from Cairo, would lie in state for some hours at the Emir’s palace, before he would be buried.
“Dr. Yusuf Maitama Sule died at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, where he was receiving treatment for an illness.
“Funeral prayer for the deceased will be conducted tomorrow(Tuesday) at the Emir’s Palace, Kofar Kudu, by 4:00pm.
“Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has declared tomorrowTuesday a work – free day in the state to mourn the death of the elder statesman.”
Sule, the Danmasanin Kano, died on Monday at a Cairo hospital in Egypt.
