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Bakery Names Bread After Dan Maraya Jos
The proprietors of Dan
Jos Family Loaf in Plateau, on Wednesday renamed their bread after late musician, Dan Maraya Jos, who died on June 20.
The popular Kuntigi musician, was born 69 years ago in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government area of the state.
Saddiq Sumbelep, Media Consultant to the bakery, told journalists that the public presentation of the renamed loaf would hold at Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos on June 28.
He said the late musician was immortalised for using Hausa music to promote campaigns against religious intolerance, crime and violent acts in the society.
According to him, 50 per cent of the profit from the sales of the bread during the launch will be committed to employment programmes and scholarship award for orphans in the area.
He said that the bread would also be distributed free to orphans in Internally Displaced Persons camps across the northern states throughout the period of the Ramadan.
Adamu Wayya, acquired the stage name Dan Maraya, a Hausa word for orphan, after the death of his parents.
He started his musical career way back in 1946 and became a household name across the Hausa speaking world.
During his life time, Dan Maraya Jos won strings of awards including the United Nations Medal of Recognition and United Nations Peace Award.
He was a 1990 Nigerian Music Awards winner, a recipent of Nigerian National Honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) and Doctorate Degree in Law by the University of Jos.
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