By Suleiman Sahabo
U14MM2055
Professor Iya Abubakar was the only Nigerian appointed as a Professor in the department of Mathematics, ABU, Zaria, at the age of 28 in 1963. A first class graduate of Mathematics from University of Ibadan, he is the first Northerner to earn a PhD in any field when he earned it from University of Cambridge, UK.
He became Head of Department, Mathematics and Computer Science, ABU, Zaria, at age 32 (a record in the Nigerian University system), second indigenous Vice Chancellor of ABU, Zaria, at age 40 and retired from academics at age 44.
After the regime of Lt-Gen. Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ handed power back to an elected government in 1979, Abubakar was appointed the Federal Minister of Defense, holding this office until 1982.
From 1993 to 2005, he was the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Ibadan.
In the late 1990s, he served as director of the National Mathematical Centre at Abuja and chaired both the National Manpower Commission of Nigeria and the non-governmental Africa International Foundation for Science and Technology.
A round of applause for the living legend.
U14MM2055
Professor Iya Abubakar was the only Nigerian appointed as a Professor in the department of Mathematics, ABU, Zaria, at the age of 28 in 1963. A first class graduate of Mathematics from University of Ibadan, he is the first Northerner to earn a PhD in any field when he earned it from University of Cambridge, UK.
He became Head of Department, Mathematics and Computer Science, ABU, Zaria, at age 32 (a record in the Nigerian University system), second indigenous Vice Chancellor of ABU, Zaria, at age 40 and retired from academics at age 44.
After the regime of Lt-Gen. Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ handed power back to an elected government in 1979, Abubakar was appointed the Federal Minister of Defense, holding this office until 1982.
From 1993 to 2005, he was the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Ibadan.
In the late 1990s, he served as director of the National Mathematical Centre at Abuja and chaired both the National Manpower Commission of Nigeria and the non-governmental Africa International Foundation for Science and Technology.
A round of applause for the living legend.
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