The former commissioner of Education in Jigawa state, Haruna Wakili, is dead.
Mr Wakili, a professor, died on Saturday, June 20, at the National Hospital, Abuja, after a protracted illness.Mr Wakili hails from Hadejia Local Government Area in Jigawa State and served as a commissioner under the administration of former governor Sule Lamido.
The late professor was also the former Director-General, Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Research and Training, Mambayya House, affiliated to Bayero University, Kano.He was the serving Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration, Bayero University, Kano, before his death on Saturday.The first professor to die in this sequence was Aliyu Dikko of Bayero University Kano, who died on Saturday, April 25.
He was involved in the opening of three faculties of Medicine/Basic Medical Sciences in Bayero University, Kaduna State University and Yusuf Maitama Sule University.Another professor who died on the same day is Ibrahim Ayagi. A renowned professor of economics, Mr Ayagi attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, 1963 -70 and proceeded to University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the USA from 1970 – 74.
Also, On April 26, Balarabe Maikaba, of the Department of Mass Communication, BUK, died after an illness.
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