The Director General National Institute of Policy and strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Professor Habu Shuiabu Galadima is dead.

In a statement signed by Brid Gen CFJ Udaya(rtd), Secretary/Director of Administration, NIPSS, said, “on behalf of the board of Governors, Management and staff of the National Institute, we regret to announce the sudden demise of the Director-General/CEO of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies NIPSS, Prof Habu Shuaibu Galadima which occurred this morning 20th December, 2020 after a brief illness.”

According to Udaya, Galadima, 57 died Sunday morning after a brief illness.

He will be buried according to Islamic rites.

Buhari Mourns Late NIPSS DG, Galadima

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Prof Habu Galadima, the Director-General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS).

A statement issued in Abuja, on Monday, by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) said Buhari described him as an intellectual colossus who stood tall in the field of scholarship and knowledge.

“Galadima was an eloquent and remarkable intellectual whose contributions to scholarship were vast and remarkable, and Nigeria will continue to remember him for these contributions,” the President said while commiserating with his family, friends, the government and people of Nasarawa State.

President Buhari added that “With the death Galadima, NIPPS and Nigeria at large have lost one of the best DGs ever appointed to head the institute.”

He prayed to Allah to forgive the soul of the departed and reward his good deeds with Al Jannah.