Source: Myra Gordon, 785-532-6276
Pronouncer: Mock-mood Shin-coff - ee
Note to editors: Media availability at 4:30 p.m. Media interested in meeting with Shinkafi should contact Myra Gordon, 785-532-6276
News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@k-state.edu
Friday, May 9, 2008
NIGERIAN GOVERNOR AND DELEGATION COMING TO K-STATE MONDAY
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's leadership in beef cattle production research is a big reason why the executive governor of Zamfara State in Nigeria will visit K-State next week.
His Excellency Alhaji Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi will be on campus Monday, May 12, according to Myra Gordon, associate provost for diversity and dual career development. Members of the governor's delegation include his wife, Her Excellency Aisha I B Babangida; Musa Zubair, chief of staff to the governor; Ali Bako, principal private secretary to the governor; Garba Mohammed, special adviser to the governor on livestock development; Dr. Sani Bako, consultant, livestock development; and Muktari Shinkafi, a businessman in Zamfara State.
The governor and his delegation are coming to see U.S. style beef production at K-State's Beef Cattle Institute. They will meet with Dan Thomson, assistant professor of clinical sciences and director of the Institute, and other K-State faculty.
President Jon Wefald will welcome the Nigerian delegation to campus. Other activities will include a memorial service for Shinkafi's late brother, who graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1976. This service will begin at 4 p.m. with a processional from the K-State Alumni Center to the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. outside Ahearn Field House.
The service will be attended by a delegation from Fort Hays State University and will include the laying of a wreath, a proclamation and presentation of gifts. The public is welcome to attend.