The Executive secretary of National Education Research Development Council (NERDC), Prof. Ismail Junaidu, is dead.

Junaidu reportedly died in early hours of Thursday in Damaturu, Yobe State, where he was attending the Joint Consultative Committee on Education (JCCE) programme.

Details of his death were sketchy as at the time of this report, but a source who did not want to be named, confirmed the development.

Report says, his corpse is being conveyed to Katsina for burial, later on Thursday.