70-year-old man without formal education bags honorary doctorate for having 78 inventions
In a laudable acknowledgement of potential, a 70-year-old man, Engr Hadi Usman has bagged an honorary doctorate in Science from Gombe State University for his witty inventions in academia, including a fuelless generator, a stove that operates on water, and a Vespa engine helicopter.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media to Gombe State Governor, Safianu Danladi Maringa disclosed this on Monday.
He said the inventor was awarded the degree at the just concluded 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th combined convocation of Gombe State University.
According to reports, Usman who lectures at the Gombe State University, did not have a Western education, but he has invented a radio station, a radio transmitter, and a handset.
Engr Usman who hails from Jekadafari Ward of Gombe local government area, revealed in a recent interview that he has been inventing for over 50 years.
“I received education, but not Western education.
“I received an education in Qur’anic Studies. Afterward, I was sent to a village in Borno for further studies, completed the programme and graduated when I was 12 years old, and thereafter came back home and performed the ceremony.
“I have been inventing things since 1971, and I have 78 inventions.
“However, none of my inventions took so much time for research like the construction of the stove that uses water to produce heat energy.
“I spent three years on that research and I wondered why there was no lightning and thunder in the dry season,” he disclosed.
