The Zamfara State governor, Hon. Bello Muhammad Matawalle has ordered all schools from primary to tertiary in the state to adopt the use of Islamic Calendar.
This was disclosed by the Secretary to the State Government at the state Secretariat in Gusau, during the launching of the Islamic New Year Calendar 1442 AH, which began last Friday.
The event was organised by youth organizations in the state, under the Joint Youths Islamic Organisation.
Alhaji Bala Bello Maru, who represented the governor, explained that the use of the Islamic calendar in all institutions of learning had become very imperative.
He urged all Muslim faithful in the country to ensure that their children memorised the Islamic months and dates and be able to tell which month and day of the year at all times.
The governor, in collaboration with the Chairman of the Zamfara State Social Investment programme bought fifty copies of the calendar, each at the cost of N1 million.
Professor Abdullahi M. Shinkafi, the immediate past Secretary to the State Government also bought 20 copies of the calendar at the cost of N100,000.
