The Executive Director of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Abdulgafar Kamal, is dead.
The centre’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Taiye Olaifa, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin.
Olaifa said the executive director died on Wednesday in Ilorin during a brief illness.
Meanwhile, the Ilorin Emirate Youths Development Association (IEYDA) described the passing of Engr. Dr Kamal as a monumental and irreparable loss to the Ilorin Emirate, Kwara State, and Nigeria at large.
According to the association, beyond his outstanding professional achievements, the late NCAM boss was a renowned philanthropist, compassionate humanitarian, and selfless community leader who devoted his life to the service of humanity and the development of communities within and beyond the Ilorin Emirate.