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Tinubu, others mourn former Anambra governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife

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On Thursday the 14th of December, Nigerians got the news of the demise of former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife. President Bola Tinubu and other eminent Nigerians have continued to mourn Ezeife.

It was a rude shock to the political elites and the masses who the departed governor cared about so passionately while alive.

President Bola Tinubu was among the early sympathisers who mourned the loss of a comrade in the struggle for democracy in Nigeria.

In a statement released on Friday and signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the President sympathised with the late Ezeife’s family, the people, and the government of Anambra State over the former governor’s death.

The statement reads in part: “President Tinubu extols the towering influence of the former federal permanent secretary in Nigeria’s political landscape as well as his leadership credentials, describing his passing as a painful loss.

“The President recalls the contributions the late Chief Ezeife made in the shaping of public discourse and governance in Nigeria, as well as in laying the foundation for the advancement of his dear state.

“While praying for the repose of the soul of the dearly departed, the President encourages his loved ones to take solace in his indelible legacy.”

The late Ezeife was born on Saturday 20th November, 1937 and after his primary education couldn’t get the secondary education but taught himself through correspondence courses, to qualify for university admission.

He gained a BSc in Economics from the University College Ibadan, then attended Harvard University on a Rockefeller Foundation scholarship where he obtained a master’s and then PhD degree in 1972. He became a School Headmaster, a lecturer at Makarare University College, Kampala, Uganda, a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University, and a Consultant with Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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