The Provost of Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State, Dr Mohammed Gishiwa has passed on.
POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that Dr Gishiwa, 53, died at a private hospital in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria, due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor accident about a fortnight ago in Gashua town.
Arrangements are being made to transport his remains to Gashua for burial on Monday.
Gishiwa was appointed Provost in 2016, and he was serving his second tenure at the time of his death.
Umar Suleiman College of Education, which Gishiwa headed is a state government higher education institution. It is affiliated to University of Maiduguri for its degree programmes.
Every year, about 20,000 of the 11.854 million vehicles in the country are involved in accidents, an analysis of data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) showed.
According to the NBS, the number of lives lost to road traffic accidents from January 2013 to 2019 are as follows: 2013 – 5,539; 2014 – 4,430; 2015 – 5,400; (FRSC): 2016 – 5,053; 2017 – 5,049; 2018 –5, 181; 2019 – 5,483.
