By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi.

This is to most graciously express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation And Technology, Dr. Bosun Tijjani for his prompt action on my article on the subject matter mentioned above. The unsolicited SMS from MTN have ceased to appear on my mobile ‘phone one day after the publication of the material on the mainstream media and the online media.

My thanks also go to MTN for promptly stopping the unsolicited SMS to my mobile device in a quick response to the Minister’s directive to the to the effect that it should stop sending such messages to its customers without their request.

Other organisations on my ‘thank you and appreciation’ list are the mainstream and online media, all of which are many, for not getting tired of publishing my articles the moment I send to them, regardless of the time of the day.

Then to those individuals who responded positively or negatively to the articles whether on the mainstream media or the online variety. To such people I also say a big thank you, you are appreciated. Your remarks have been invaluable to me in more ways than you can possibly imagine.

The people who positively and prayed for my further progress, success and protection include, BUT not LIMITED to’ Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Masari (Wazirin Tinubu) SSA to the President on Political Affairs, Alhaji Kabir Hashim, Malam Danjuma Katsina, Dr. Hameed Bello, Mr. Joseph Godwin Enna, Malam AbdulLhi (Abdul) Inuwa, Mr. Francis Sardauna, Miss Faith Awa, Malam Bashir Tijjani Funtua, Alhaji Kasim Abdo, Alhaji Ibrahim Teacher (Sardaunan Galadiman Malumfashi), Alhaji AbdulLahi Yusuf, Abubakar Ahmed, SaifulLahi Mohammad, Honourable Bala Sani, Alhaji Zayyana, those who may not want their names or designations to be mentioned here and others too numerous to mention them by name.

I would like to also thank others like May Etim, who described one of my articles as “wishy-washy” in a write up she made in Kabido online ‘publication’, because I did not mention the names of people I referred to in the article. I did not mention the names because all the readers in Katsina, and some outside the state, including the ‘owner’ of Kabido online, Mr. Adamu Marshal, know the people referred to in the article. Her criticism has made me to be more determined in my writing and not to bother her further with my ‘wishy-washy’ articles.

Last but not least of those I am thankful and appreciative of their support, encouragement and assistance are members of my immediate family. My two wives in particular, in the persons of Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar and Hajiya Safiya Ibrahim Dantiye, I would forever remain grateful to them for always being there for me, and sometimes giving me the money to buy the airtime or the data I use in sharing my articles.

To one and all, I say a mighty ‘thank you’.

Malam Malumfashi wrote from Katsina.