By Fatima Zahra
ASHENEWS reports that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar says that the death of Nigeria’s first Emeritus Professor, Umaru Shehu will create a huge void in the global academic community.
Atiku, in a statement described Prof. Shehu as a towering figure not just in Nigeria but in the global academic community.
“It is worthy to note that Prof Shehu, whose glorious career spanned several decades and across many universities, was a one-time Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He was also Northern Nigeria’s first professor of community medicine, Nigeria’s first emeritus professor, the first president of the Nigerian Academy of Science, and a one-time editor of the British Medical Journal, among others.
”The distinguished Prof. Shehu was an erudite scholar and a source of inspiration for members of the global academic community whose exit would create a huge void.”
Atiku, while praying for the repose of the soul of the deceased also commiserated with members of his family, the Government and people of Borno State, the Borno Elders’ Forum (BEF), the University of Nigeria Nsukka and the global academic community for the loss.
