UniIorin Pro-Chancellor Abidu Yazid Dies At 79

Date: 2022-09-23

The chairman, Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Alhaji Abidu Yazid, has died aged 79.

The Katsina-born economist, who lived in Kaduna, died in Abuja after a brief illness in the early hours of Thursday.

He was buried in his hometown of Katsina on the same day in accordance with Islamic rites.

Hundreds of mourners attended his funeral prayer led by the Katsina Central Mosque Chief Imam, Malam Liman Musdafa, which took place at Rafindadi Quarters of Katsina metropolis at 5pm. He was buried at Danmarina cemetery at 5:30pm. In his condolence message shortly after the funeral prayer, the fifth Waziri of Katsina, Prof. Sani Abubakar Lugga, described the deceased as a great citizen of Katsina and Nigeria who served the country diligently. A childhood friend of the deceased, Malam Sani Balarabe Saulawa, also described him as a very nice man who had no enemies.

One of his family members, Malam Shafi'i Zayyad Rafindadi, said the late Abidu Yazid was a rare gem, adding that the family had lost a role model.

“He was born in 1943 to Malam Muhammadu Yazid. His grandfather was Wazirin Katsina Malam Muhammad Zayyan.

“To us, as a family, he was a role model. He always told us that Hamza Zayyad was his role model, and we, the younger ones, regarded him as our role model.

“He is survived by three wives and children. A very rare gem, a simple and humble gentleman,” Shafi'i said.

Late Abidu Yazid attended Rafindadi Primary School and Provincial Secondary School Katsina. No one has beaten his record up to today in Katsina at the present Dikko College Katsina, which was previously known as Provincial Secondary School Katsina. From there, he went to Kings College, Lagos, where he and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, were classmates. From Kings College, he proceeded to the London School of Economics, where he had his BSc and Master's degrees in Economics. He came back to Nigeria and his first place of work was the Ministry of Economic Planning in the then North Central State and then later in Kaduna State. Malam Abidu Yazid singlehandedly prepared the North Central State's economic development plan during Yakubu Gowon's administration.

He rose to be the permanent secretary, Cabinet Office, until 1979, when there was a transition to civil rule. The then governor, Balarabe Musa, appointed him Secretary to the Kaduna State Government and Head of Service until he left in 1981.

Together with a cousin, the late Wazirin Katsina Muhammad Zayyad, they formed an investment company in Kaduna. He had turned down many government appointments, but in 2021, he was appointed the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, the post he held until his death.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ayegbeni     AGM Professional Services     Ibrahim Akaje     Aso Ofi     Kwara State Pension Board     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     TETFUND     Oke Sunna     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     New Model Police Station     Erin-ile     Amasa     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Solomon Edoja     Chief Of Staff     Valsolar Consultoria     Summit University     Alaaya     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Alaro     Kaosarah Adeyi     Christopher Odetunde     Halimat Yusuf     Olayinka Are     AbdulRahman Saad     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Rapheal Ashaolu     Kayode Laro     Umar Danladi Shero     Funmilayo Mohammed     Jelili Yusuf     Abdulhakeem Amao     Garba Idris Ajia     Abiodun Oyedepo     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Olaosebikan     Adijat Adebiyi     Sun Qing Rong     LAK Jimoh     Okeose Christian Cementary     Modibbo Kawu     Mahe Abdulkadir     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Elekoyangan     Dauda Adesola     Segun Olawoyin     Muhammed Danjuma     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Revenue Court     Simon Sayomi     Alfa Yahaya Road     Umar Saro     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Henry Makinwa     Age AbdulKareem     Otoge     Ghali Alaaya     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Sango-UITH Road     Hassan Saliu     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Lithium     Student Learning Support Helpline     TVC Female National Debate     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Emir Of Ilorin     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Durbar Festival     Muhammadu Buhari     Femi Gbajabiamila     Saduki Lafiagi     Aisha Ahman Pategi     EndSARS    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sardauna Of Ilorin     HYPPADEC     Maja     Galadima     Admiralty Villa     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Isiaka Alikinla     Babs Iwarere     Royal FM     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Akanji     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Iyiola Oyedepo     Universal Basic Education Commission     Mike Omotosho     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Mashood Dauda     Trader Moni     Playing Host     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Ramat Oganija     Police Commissioner     Earlyon Technologies     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Albert Ogunsola     Saliu Tunde Bello     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Adisa Logun     Rashidi Yekini     Suwa-Arabs     KW-GIS     Ojo Isekuse     Ayinke Saka     Young Progressives Party     Gobir     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Sai Kayi     Twitter     Suleiman Abubakar     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Edret Sabi Abel     Offorjama     Sulaiman Gado     Muhammadu Gobir     Adebara     Raymond Olaitan     Olosi Of Osi     Olatunji Moronfoye     Omu-aran     ER-KANG     Amusement Park     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Aliyu Muyideen     Musa Aibinu     Razak Atunwa     Yekeen Alabi     AIT Ilorin     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Isin     Woro     Eleyele     Isa Aremu     Ilorin Airport     Olatunji Bamgbola     FOMWAN     Wahab Isa     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Omotoso     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Idiagbon