The Kano State Government on Wednesday declared Friday as public holiday in honour of deceased cleric and business tycoon, Isyaku Rabi’u. NAN reported that Isyaku Rabi’u, a renowned industrialist and Islamic scholar died on Tuesday in a London hospital after protracted illness.
The Kano state commissioner for information, Mohammed Garba, who declared the public holiday on behalf of the government, hinted that the remains of the deceased would arrive Kano on Thursday.
The statement read in part;
“The holiday is declared to enable Muslims in the state attend the funeral prayer of the deceased. The funeral is billed to take place on Friday at the Sheikh Isyaku Rabi’u Juma’at mosque, Goron Dutse in Kano metropolis at 2:30 p.m. after Juma”at prayer. The remains of the deceased is expected to arrive Kano on Thursday.”
