Final prayer for late ex-minister holds on Saturday

Date: 2017-01-27

The final fidau prayer for former Minister of State for Education, Alhaji Saka Saadu, is scheduled for Saturday in Ilorin, according to his eldest son, Alhaji Bolaji Saadu.

The late ex-minister died Monday after a brief illness at the age of 80.

Saadu, who served at different times at the federal and state levels until his death, was the proprietor of Unity International School, Gwarinpa, Abuja and Chairman Governing Council of Muhammad Kamaldeen University which is expected to kick off soon.

The late former minister was a strong member of Ansarul Islam society of Nigeria, former Chairman governing council, University of Ilorin.

Late Saadu read Chemistry from the University of Ibadan. He had attended Ansur Islam Primary School Ilorin, Middle School Ilorin (now Government Secondary School Ilorin), Barewa College Zaria, Nigerian College Zaria (now faced out), and then University of Dundee in Scotland for post graduate study in Chemistry.

He was also a teacher for many years. He taught at Government Secondary School Okene (now Abdulaziz Attah Memorial College Okene), Government Secondary School Ilorin, as well as Advanced Teachers College Zaria and Government Secondary School Omun Aran.

As a chemist, late Saadu loved Mathematics and Physics and was a co-author of the Nigerian Secondary Science project popularly known as CESAC.

He was awarded the national merit of OFR, and a commissioner of Environment in 1975 to 78 in defunct Kwara State, Permanent? secretary from 1979 to '88, Secretary to the Military Government and Head of Service in1988 to '90.

The late Saadu is survived by three wives and ten children.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Modibo Kawu     A.O. Belgore     Saka Keji     EndSARS     Old Oyo     Gbemi Saraki     Lithium Deposit     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Lai Mohammed     Abubakar Usman Jos     Afolayan     Bibire Ajape     Kazeem Adekanye     Seun Bolaji     Abdulhakeem Amao     Ilorin General Hospital     Gwanara     Alao Ayotunde     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Mohammed Haruna     Oro Grammar School     Magaji Nda     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Suleiman Abubakar     Umar Gunu     Unilorin     Idris Garba     KFA     Ayinke Saka     Bahago     Amusa Bello     Tanke     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Royal FM     Idiagbon     Kazeem Gbolagade     Sadiq Buhari     Akorede     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Opobiyi     Olatunde Olukoya     Undergraduate Bursary     Abdulmutalib Shittu     ER-KANG     Alaiye     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Al-Adaby     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Aisha Gobir     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Segun Olawoyin     Oba Abdulraheem     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Sa\'adu Salahu     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Iqra Books     Eghe Igbinehi     First Lady     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Musa Abdullahi     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Sardauna     Ademola Kiyesola     Lola Olabayo     Kwara Basketball Association     Esinrogunjo     Abatemi Usman     Musa Alhassan Buge     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Hausa     Zara Umar     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Tunji Ajanaku     Park    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ajibike Katibi     Olatunde Michaels     Sadiq Buhari     Senate Presidency     A.O. Belgore     Jumoke F. Ajao     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Ahmad Belgore     Maimunat Oniyangi     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Adanla-Irese     ER-KANG Mining     Amos Justus Sayo     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Mamman Saba Jibril     Elerinjare     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ibrahim Jawondo     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Afonja     Yahaya Dumoye     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Nnazua     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Basit Olatunji     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Ifelodun     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Chief Of Staff     Students Union Government     Tafidan Kaiama     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Kwara Polytechnic     Galland Marcias     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Hassanat Bello     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Maja     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Aro Yahaya     Abatemi-Usman     Bukola Ajikobi     Wole Oke     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Oko-Erin     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Okin Biscuits     Shero     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Monsurat Omotosho     Muhammadu Gobir     Bayo Onimago     Vasolar Consultoria     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     HYPPADEC     IFK     Kola Ologbondiyan     Matthew Okedare     College Of Health     Oke-Oyi     Saad Omo Iya     Hauwa Nuru     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Ariyo     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Ibrahim Abdullahi     NURTW     Suleiman Mora Omar     Tayo Alao     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Lucky Omoluwa