A former Minister of Education, Professor Fabian Osuji is dead.
Quoting a family source, The Whistler reports that Osuji died on Wednesday morning.
He was aged 82.
The source said the former minister returned from a vacation in the United States on Saturday where he wad treated for undisclosed ailment.
Born Fabian Ngozichukwu Chinedum Osuji on January 20, 1942, the late former minister attended Holy Ghost College in Owerri, Government College in Umuahia, the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, Enugu State, and the University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
He conducted his post-doctoral research at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.
Prof. Osuji became a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan in 1973, a post he held till 1981.
He was also a Visiting Scientific Fellow at the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
He became a Dean of the College of Science, Dean of the College of Postgraduate Studies, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and member of the Governing Council of Imo State University.
He was appointed Professor of Applied Biology, at St. John’s University, New York (CUNY) USA (1997-1999).
He was also a Visiting Professor at several universities in Nigeria and worldwide.
Known as a scholars’ scholar, he published 35 papers and books to his credit.
He celebrated his 80th birthday in 2022 when family and friends gathered to extol the virtue of a man highly regarded as a sound educationist.
The former educationist died aged 81.
-TheWhistler