Another professor dies in Kano state amid COVID-19 pandemic

Another professor in Kano state, Aliyu Danshehu Maiwada, died on Saturday, May 16 after a brief illness.

Prof Maiwada was a retired lecturer from the Geography Department, Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences (FEES), Bayero University, Kano.

The deceased was survived by a wife and six children and has since been buried according to Islamic rites.

It is not clear what caused the professor’s death, but it comes at a time when Kano state is battling with COVID-19 related deaths.

In his tribute, a former colleague of the deceased, Professor Julius Afolabi Falola, described the Late Maiwada as a quiet, gentle and peace-loving man.

“I know that whereas you are no more, students and researchers who will read about your modest and valuable contributions to urban geography.

“We can only look up to the Most High, the Almighty and all-knowing God to comfort the Maiwada family, the BUK geography family and, of course, FEES of which he was a part in growing,” he wrote.