Bauchi Loses First Neurosurgery Professor
The first Neurosurgery Professor in Bauchi State, Abdu Ibrahim, is dead.
He was said to have died on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, after a protracted illness.
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, in a message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado, described the death as a “monumental loss” not only to his immediate family but to the whole country in general.
He noted that the deceased contributed immensely to the development of the health sector in Bauchi.
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The governor, who is currently on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, said, “The late Professor Abdu Ibrahim will greatly be remembered by the citizens of the state because of his dogged commitment and enormous contributions to the healthcare sector 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.”
SOURCE: Punch
