MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH SPOILAGE OF FRUITS (BANANA AND STRAWBERRY)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT I wish to express my Most Gratitude to Almighty Allah (S.W.T), who has made my dream into a reality. To him I owe whatever I am doing today and in whatever I shall be in future. To my beloved mum, my heroine, my support system, Hajiya Zainab Maude Aminu, words won’t be enough to express my gratitude to you, only Allah can reward you with the best of Jannah thank you for the endless prayers mum I love you endlessly. To my amazing father, my hero, my role model, late Brigadier General Dr. Aminun-kano Maude, who will go to the extreme end to see that we study and become educated, may your gentle soul continue to rest in peace and may Allah reward you with the best of Jannah Baba Amin Ya Rabbi A special acknowledgement to my beloved brother, my second dad yaya Aliyu Aminun-Kano, who have been there for us to make sure we pursue our dreams in life May you never lack in this world may Allah always always be with you Amin ya Rabbi. I also wish to express my profound gratitude to my project supervisor Dr. Mansur Abdulrasheed who showed his concern to make sure this project work looks me comprehensive Jazakallahu Khair Sir, May Allah reward you with the best. To my able project coordinator, Dr. Ndanusa Abdullahi Hassan, who stand firms to make sure we succeeded this project, May God be with you through highs and lows Sir, Amin. To the Dean of our faculty, Prof. Taofik Uthman and H.O.D Biotechnology, Dr. George Mangse Also, to our laboratory technicians, Mr. Abdul and Mr. Ola thank you so much for guiding me through Furthermore, my sincere gratitude and appreciation goes to my beloved brothers who mean the world to me and my source of inspiration, (yaya; Abubakar, Ahmed, Aliyu, Faruk, Usman, Abusufyan, Ak) and my cousin brothers SY Giade, ya Jaji, Abba ck, Kansla and Ibrahim. May Allah bless and reward them for their concern towards me Amin Ya Rabbi. To my dearest Sister Teema Ak and the whole of Aminun-Kano family, who gave me a shoulder to lean on, thank you so much. And last but not the least goes to my project team members Zainab, Fatima and Nufaysa and to my dear friends Nile gave me Hauwa’u Maitala and Eunice Bitrus thanks for been with me since day one. Looking forward to a better future together hopefully.