Professor Abdullahi Bayero Yahya Honored with Valedictory Lecture at Usmanu Danfodiyo University

A valedictory lecture was held in honor of Professor Abdullahi Bayero Yahya at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, marking his retirement after 50 years of dedicated service in education.

The lecture, delivered by Professor Yahya himself, was a reflection on his lifelong journey in teaching, highlighting his early days, the influence of his mother as his first teacher, and his passion for imparting knowledge across various educational levels.

Professor Yahya expressed gratitude to Allah for the opportunity to deliver the university's first-ever valedictory lecture and thanked the Vice Chancellor, Professor Bashiru Garba, MFR, along with the Faculty of Arts, the Department of Nigerian Languages, and all attendees for their presence and support. His speech was described as touching and a testament to his dedication to education by Mallam Adamu Yunusa Ibrahim, seminar coordinator at the Centre for Hausa Studies, who prayed for the professor's continued good health and strength in his post-retirement life.