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BREAKING: Prominent Lagos GAC member dies

A prominent member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos Professor Tunde Samuel is dead.

He was a former Special Adviser on Education to former Governor Bola Tinubu.

The Nation learnt Prof. Samuel died on Wednesday night.

He was 73.

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Mourning him, Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, described Prof. Samuel as a titan whose positive roles in Lagos cannot be forgotten in a hurry.

Samuel was a retired Professor of Political Economics of Education and a former Chairman of the Governing Council of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto-Ijanikin.

He served as Chairman of the Governing Councils for the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti and the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa, respectively.

He was also an International Consultant for UNESCO and UNICEF.

Prof. Samuel was also a member of the 2014 National Conference.

The Nation

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