The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Chief Olusegun Runsewe has described the passing on of Professor Sule Bello a foremost Professor of History as not only painful but also very sad.
Runsewe stated this in his condolence message to the family of Professor Sule Bello who passed on last Sunday. Extolling the virtues of Bello, the NCAC boss said that he was a great historian, world-class intellectual and a patriotic Nigerian, adding that the gap his death has created will be very difficult to fill.
He described Prof Bello as an outstanding intellectual who contributed in grooming a crop of young and intelligent Nigerians while he was serving as a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
According to Runsewe “the late Professor was a frontline Historian whose contribution to scholarship can be found in the various books and journal articles he wrote and the large number of intellectuals he mentored.
Runsewe stated that as the second Chief Executive Officer of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Professor Sule Bello brought his wealth of knowledge and experience to bear in repositioning the Council for greater efficiency in service delivery. “Bello laid the foundation of what we are reaping in the Council today.”
The NCAC boss added that Professor Bello style of administration firmly established the NCAC on a sound footing, adding that the entire members of staff of the council will remember the onetime CEO of NCAC for his administrative acumen, vision, dynamism, high sense of innovation, fatherly mentorship and capacity to achieve high results.
He pointed out that the entire members of staff of the council have surrendered to the will of Almighty God while praying for the repose of his soul and for Almighty Allah to grant his family, friends, well-wishers and the entire people of Kano State, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
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