LAGOS: Okonjo-Iweala eulogises ex-UNILAG VC, Ibidapo Obe

FORMER finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has expressed her shock and sadness over the death of former UNILAG VC, Prof Ibidapo Obe.

The leading candidate for the job of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), made this known through a post on Twitter last night.

The tweet read:

“I am deeply saddened that we have lost one of Nigeria’s Brightest Stars, my brother, Prof Ibidapo-Obe, to Covid19. Prof was Chair Of the Governing Council of African University of Science and Technology whose Board of Trustees I chair.Our deepest condolences to his family and to the country!

“May his soul rest in perfect peace.”