NERDC Secretary, Prof Junaidu, Slumps, Dies During Public Meeting

The Executive Secretary of the National Education Research Development Council (NERDC), Prof. Ismail Junaidu has been confirmed dead.

A source within the agency made this known, adding that the deceased was healthy and left no sign before his death.

Speaking with Daily Trust, the source which described Junaidu’s death as sudden said he died in early hours of Thursday in Damaturu, Yobe State, where he was attending the Joint Consultative Committee on Education (JCCE) programme.

“He did not slump, death just happened,” the official noted.

Details of his death were sketchy as at the time of this report, but a source who did not want to be named, said the deceased slumped and died.

Meanwhile, his corpse is being conveyed to Katsina for burial, which is later on Thursday.