The first virtually impaired professor in Nigeria, Professor Jibril Isa Diso is dead.
Lamara Garba, Head of the Directorate of Public Affairs at Bayero University, Kano confirmed his death to SolaceBase on Friday.
Until his death, Jibril was a lecturer in the Department of Special Education at Bayero University, Kano.
He was born at Diso quarters of Gwale Local Government Area, Kano State.
Jibril began his education in 1962 and completed his primary education in 1969. He attended Gindiri Blind Secondary School in Plateau State in 1979. He later advanced his career at Tudun Maliki School for the Special Needs in Kano before joining the Department of Special Education at Bayero University in 1994. In 2019, he became the first visually impaired professor in Nigeria.
Jibril earned his PhD in Special Education from the University of Birmingham in London in 1991.
His funeral prayer will take place today at 1:00 PM at the Abdullahi Bin Abbas Juma’a Mosque, Sabon Titi, Gidan Kankara, Kano State.
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