*Photo: Prof Mashood Mahmood Jimba*
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has approved the reconstitution of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board, with top academic and community leader, Prof Mashood Mahmood Jimba as the new chairman.
Professor Jimba, until recently the chairman of the Kwara State Arabic Education Board, is an alumnus of the Azhar University Cairo (Egypt).
He teaches at the Kwara State University Malete, where he is also the Dean of Students Affairs of the school.
Other members of the board are former commissioner for Energy Hajia Fatimah Hassanah; Hajia Khadijat Abutawwiy; Dr. Abubakar Agbaje; Mrs Abibat Otuyo; and Mallam Musa Haruna Farikebe.
The Governor has similarly reappointed Prof. Timothy Opoola, a top ally of the administration, as chairman of the Kwara State Christian Pilgrims’ Welfare Board. Opoola, a prominent Christian leader, will be supported by Babatunde Alade; Kolo Philips; Bamigbola Idowu; Opeyemi Stephen; Oluwatoyin Opawoye; and Pastor Oladipupo Emmanuel.
