Professor Umma Abdulwahid of the Jigawa State University, Kafin Hausa, has passed on at the age of 68.
The famous academic died in a car accident along Kura-Kano expressway on Wednesday, according to her students who took to their social media pages to pay tribute to her.
The late Umma Abduwalhid was a Professor of Educational Psychology. She was born on 22nd November 1958 in Dabi, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
She attended Shehu Abdullahi Primary School, Kaduna, Federal Government College Maiduguri in the year 1966-1972, 1973-1977 were she obtained her Primary School Leaving Certificate, West African School Certificate.
The late Umma Abdulwahid was also at the University of Maiduguri, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for her M.Ed (Psychology), Ph.D (Educational Psychology) between 1983-1985, 1988-1995 respectively.
A Fulbright International Scholar of Yale University, New Heaven, Connecticut, U.S.A. she started her teaching carrier in 1982.
She was once Deputy Director Science and Technology Education, Deputy Director Schools and Higher Education all in Department of Education, FCDA, Abuja, and also Provost, FCT College of Education, Zuba, Abuja, she was Director, School of General and Preliminary Studies, Sule Lamido University and Dean Faculty of Education Sule Lamido University and has chaired a number of different commitees in the University.
