Professor Ibrahim Umar, A former Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano is dead.
His son, Farouk Ibrahim Umar, announced the passing away to newsmen on Monday.
He stated that the burial rites of the late renowned physicist would be held at Kofar Kudu by 10am on Tuesday, January 31st 2023.
The deceased, who became BUK Vice Chancellor between 1979 and 1986, was the third head of the institution.
Umar was the first Nigerian academic in physics to lecture at the university in 1976.
He was also a member of the Nigerian delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference from 1989 and was appointed Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria in 1989.
Late Prof. Umar served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IAEA for 2000-2001 and in 2004, he was the Director of the Centre for Energy Research and Training, where the first Nigerian research nuclear reactor is located.
His last known appointment was in 2007, when he was on the international advisory committee for the international workshop on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in Africa, held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.