Umaru Shehu CON, CFR (8 December 1930 – 2 October 2023) was a Nigerian physician and academic administrator.

[2] In 1957, after completing his medical education, Shehu began working as a pre-registration house surgeon at the Southport Infirmary in the United Kingdom.

[5] Following his tenure in the Preventive Services Division, Shehu was offered a position as the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Health and chief medical officer in the North-Eastern State.

[2][6] During his tenure at the University of Maiduguri, Shehu has held significant positions and made notable contributions to the institution.

Furthermore, Shehu took on the responsibility of sole administrator of the University of Maiduguri from 1993 to 1994, assuming a crucial interim leadership role during that period.

[2] In 1978, he assumed the role of vice chancellor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he made significant contributions to the academic and administrative development of the institution until 1980.

Shehu held the positions of pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council at Bayero University, Kano, from 1993 to 1996.

His involvement began in 1970 when he served as a Short Term Consultant for the Working Group on Health Services and Manpower Development Mechanism in Geneva.

In 1990, Professor Shehu assumed the position of WHO Representative to Ethiopia, further extending his expertise in the promotion of health and healthcare services in the country.

[2] Furthermore, in 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan presented him with the Centenary award, a prestigious recognition commemorating Nigeria's 100 years of existence as a nation.