Meet Nigeria’s Visually Impaired Prof. Jibrin Isah Diso (1955 – 2024)

Jibrin Isa Diso (22 April 1955 – 12 July 2024) was a Nigerian academic from Kano State. The country’s first blind professor, he served as an adviser to Governor of Kano State Ibrahim Shekarau.

Jibrin was born in Diso Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. Jibrin started his education in 1962 where he finished his primary education in 1969. He also attended Gindiri Blind Secondary School, Plateau State in 1979.

In 1984 Bayero University established the Department of Special Education because of Jibrin and admitted him as a first student in the department, before he obtained his PhD in Special Education in London University of Birmingham in 1991.

Jibrin started his career at Tudun Maliki School for Special Needy, Kano. He joined the Department of Special Education, Bayero University Kano in 1994 where he became the first visually impaired professor in Nigeria in the year 2019. Jibrin has more than 10 publications.

Jibrin died in Kano on 12th July, 2024 at the age of 69. May his gentle soul continue to rest in Jannatu Firdausih.

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