Dandalin Siyasa : UPDATE

Its been long that the Management Committee of dandalinsiyasa@yahoogroups.com has its meeting due to political activities of 2011 elections in the country. All the same, on behalf of the Management I wish to congratulate our members that in one way or the other participated in the 2011 elections either as observers or in the wining or loosing side as they all contributed their quota to the growth of democratic governance in our country. I will also use this opportunity to welcome new members on board , and I believe many have enjoyed their stay which is manifested by rate of participation of members in discussions , and the zeal many have showed in advising ways to make dandalin siyasa more greater to make positive contributions to development of our country. Dandalin Siyasa forum is open to all Nigerians in respective of political , social, economic and religious affiliations of members, we are all partners in the business of strengthening our democratic norms and providing suggestions for our country’s development in all aspects. The forum started as initiative of a single individual which is the first of its kind in Northern part of Nigeria and has today been able to provide us with a platform of a unique innovation in discussion forums in Nigeria. We have been able to achieve a lot in the last three years of Dandalin Siyasa existence. The forum had it first year anniversary in Kano (2009), Second anniversary in Kaduna (2010) and hopefully its third year anniversary to hold in Sokoto later in the year. It has become a norm that during every anniversary event , some of our members are honoured with awards for their outstanding performance in the forum , so far six of our members received the awards in the past two years. We are also able to register an NGO (DANDALI FOUNDATION) with CAC to enable us perform our functions in the larger society according to the laws of the land. Plans are in top gear to launch DANDALI FOUNDATION as soon as possible. I will suggest to the house (forum) on the need for us to have an extra –ordinary meeting or get-together so that old and new members can come together face to face to strengthen friendship and exchange ideas as we do daily in the forum. Once again , we welcome all new members to our great forum and hope they will contribute positively in whatever way for the growth of dandalin-siyasa@yahoogroups.com and Dandali Foundation. Thank you all. Pharm Hashim Ubale Yusufu, Chairman, Management Committee,