Former Kano State Commissioner for Rural and Community Development, Engr Ibrahim Khaleel Inuwa, is dead.

It was learned Inuwa, who is the former President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, died on Monday at his Kano residence.

In a post on Facebook on Monday, President of the NSE, Engr Babagana Mohammed, described Inuwa’s death as a great loss to the society.

“It is with a heavy heart but with total submission to the will of the Almighty Allah that I officially announce the painful demise of one of our revered past Presidents, Engr. Ibrahim Khaleel Inuwa, (President of NSE, 1989 – 1990).

“Engr Inuwa passed on peacefully earlier today at his residence in Sharada NNDC Estate, Kano.

“I have conveyed heartfelt condolences to the immediate family of the deceased.”

The former Commissioner for Animal Health and Forestry was the 16th President of the NSE and the first person from the Northern part of Nigeria to head the engineering body