Umar Saleh Gwani is a poet and an ICT expert who is from Bauchi. Despite the distance between him and Minna, he has maintained a close affinity with the art community of Niger since 1996 when he did his National Youth Service in the state. Mal. Umar has been with HIASFEST since the beginning when he created a website for it in 2019. He pays for its renewal and also manages it. His commitment to growing teen authors has never been in doubt, this, he does in private and public. As custodians of the Nigerian Teen Authors. In his continued contribution to art community in Minna from Bauchi, he donated the Minna City of Literature website. A thing he said he will do for ad long as he wishes, ahead.
Umar Saleh Gwani
