Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has commiserated with family members of Hausa film industry and Kwara State government over the death of a veteran actor, Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja Mazan Fama.
Governor Yusuf recalled that late Pategi’s character in Samanja Mazan Fama series represented discipline, resilience and moral standards for socio-cultural and national development.
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Governor Yusuf challenged all the stakeholders in the Hausa film industry to emulate the late Samanja’s virtues of national unity, religious and cultural promotions towards fostering peace and tranquility in the Northern Nigeria and beyond.
The Governor prayed Almighty Allah grant the family and friends of Samanja the fortitude to bear the loss.
(EDITOR: TIENABESO BIBIYE)