An uneducated 70-year-old man named Abdulhadi Usman has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree in science by Gombe State University after inventing a stove that runs on water and other exceptional items.
Hadi Usman is a Nigerian man who never had any formal education but is equipped with exceptional abilities. He invented a stove that runs on water and a generator that operates without fuel.
Hadi also invented a radio station, a radio transmitter, a Vespa engine helicopter, and a telephone (handset) from his living room way back in 1970.
The Qoheleth reports that Mr. Usman, 70, never attended any formal education. He only attended Tsangaya (Koranic) school where he memorized the Holy Qur’an at the age of 12. He is said to have, in 1970, established a radio station in Gombe using equipment he manufactured. He is also said to have used Vespa engine to fabricate a helicopter.
While he was working as a Vespa technician, he created a mini two-seat helicopter. Hadi was the one who created the first private-owned radio station in Kano Nigeria.
Abdulhadi Usman stated that nobody trained him on how to repair electronics/electrical appliances. “All I know is that I used to visit electronics repairing workshops and whenever I see how one performs a particular function, I learn it instantly”, he said.
The Vice Chancellor of Gombe State University, Prof. El-Nafaty described Mr. Usman as a unique innovator who trained himself to manufacture electronic and electrical appliances addressing the challenges people face in their energy needs.
“Hadi Usman, recently invented cooking stoves that use water and generating plants that generate energy up to 7.5 KVA without the use of any fuel,” the Vice-Chancellor said.
Prof. El-Nafaty said the university would therefore be awarding him an honorary doctorate degree at the convocation to honour his engineering ingenuity.
According to the vice-chancellor, other individuals conferred with honorary doctorate degrees at the ceremony were Vice President Kashim Shettima; Idris Mohammed, a renowned professor of Infectious disease; Boss Mustapha, a former secretary to the government of the federation,; Zainab Ahmed, a former minister of finance and Kashim Imam, a former member, Board of Trustees of TETFund and Timothy Shelpidi (late), who was commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in Liberia.
Prof. Elnafaty said Gombe State University had experienced rapid development and grown in quality and size, adding that “we have 40 undergraduate and 68 postgraduate programmes, all of which had full accreditation by the National Universities Commission and other relevant bodies”
