Abdu Ibrahim, the first neurosurgery professor in Bauchi State, has passed away.
After a protracted illness, he was reported to have passed away on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi.
Bala Mohammed, the governor of Bauchi State, who is now in Saudi Arabia for a pilgrimage, expressed his condolences to the professor’s family, friends, and colleagues.
He added that the death was a “monumental loss” for Bauchi State, the nation, and his personal family in addition to his direct family.
The governor said the deceased made a significant contribution to the growth of the health sector in Bauchi in a message made accessible to journalists on Friday and signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado.
Gidado, in a statement, said, “The late Professor Abdu Ibrahim will greatly be remembered by the citizens of the State because of his dogged commitment and enormous contributions in the area of the healthcare delivery system since the creation of Bauchi State.
“As the first Professor of Neurosurgery in Bauchi State, the late Professor Abdu Ibrahim was a nationalist, a public health care icon. His death is a monumental loss to the entire nation.
“Governor Bala Mohammed, on behalf of his family, the government and the good people of Bauchi State, expresses his deep condolences to members of his immediate family, friends, colleagues, associates and the entire people of Bauchi State.
“He prayed that Allah would bless him with Aljanna firdaus and grant his family and the entire citizens of Bauchi State the fortitude to bear the loss.”
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