President Bola Tinubu commiserated with the family and entire academic community of late Emeritus Professor Ayodeji Banjo, who passed away at the age of 90.
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale in a statement on Facebook, said the President has extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of the late emeritus professor today.
President Tinubu alongside the family and community, mourned the academic par excellence, who only recently turned 90, describing him as a stout beacon of professional and moral excellence, and also praised the life and legacies of the late Emeritus Professor of English, who is renowned for his immense contributions to the development of education in Nigeria.
Professor Banjo was Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Ibadan from 1984 to 1991, and also former Chairman of the Board of the National Universities Commission and former Pro-Chancellor of the Universities of Port Harcourt, Ilorin, and Ajayi Crowther.
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The president therefore prayed to God Almighty to grant the departed eternal rest.
