‘Stop blaming Buhari for killings’

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised Nigerians to stop blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for killings in parts of the country.

Muric, in a statement yesterday by its leader, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said the group blames politicians, tribal bigots and a section of the media on the spread of wrong information about killings around the country.

“It is unfair to blame Buhari for our inability to stop killings. Security is a collective responsibility particularly on the different arms of government: the executive, the judiciary and the legislature. The press as the fourth estate of the realm also has a vital role to play there. So are the citizens”, Akintola said. The Governing Council of the University of Abuja has inaugurated a nine-man committee on the restructuring of the institution.

Inaugurating the committee yesterday in Abuja, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Alhaji Sani Maikudi, said it was discovered that the University had structural operational problems that hindered its rapid development.

He said “It has been over 30 years since the inception of the University and it can be said without any contradiction that not much has been achieved towards realizing the objectives for which the University was set up.

“The University of Abuja appeared to have veered off course over the years which now required that its strategic plan be re-evaluated to bring it not only in tandem with its mandate but in line with world practices”. He said

The committee has a former ViceChancellor, Professor Saburi Adesanya, as the chairman.