Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has described Professor Nuhu Omeiza Yaqub, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, who died today, January 4, in Abuja, as an intellectual giant.
In a condolence message by his spokesman when in power, Malam Garba Shehu, the former President grieved over the death of Professor Nuhu Yaqub, describing him as towering intellectual giant.
He said that the deceased, a Professor of political science, was also the pioneer vice chancellor of the Sokoto State University, Sokoto.
Tge former president said that Professor Yaqub had left an indelible mark on the nation’s intellectual landscape through his works in teaching and research.
“I have known him for many years as a towering scholar whose knowledge, passion, and insights on public policy were taken very seriously by serious administrators. He was a scholar par excellence. May Allah grant him Aljannah.”
