Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Professor Umaru Shehu, passed away at the age of 97. This sad news was conveyed by Bulama Gubio, the Secretary of the Borno Elders Forum, in a statement issued on Monday.
Professor Shehu held the distinction of being northern Nigeria’s inaugural professor of community health and was one of the co-founders of the Borno Elders Forum. He was born on December 8, 1930, in Maiduguri. Throughout his illustrious career, he served as a professor emeritus of community health at the University of Maiduguri and also held the esteemed position of former president of the Nigerian Academy of Science.
The academic attended Elementary School, Maiduguri 1935-1940; Middle School, Maiduguri 1941-1943; Kaduna College, Kaduna 1944-1947; University College Ibadan 1948-1953; and was at the University of Liverpool between 1953-1956, and 1966-1967.
Professor Shehu received a bachelor of medicine degree from the University of London. He also received a fellowship from the Institute of Cancer Research. He was the editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal.
