President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family, friends, and loved ones of Professor Richard Olayiwola Fagbenle, who passed on this week.
He was 76.
The Professor of Mechanical Engineering was also an energy expert, who made Nigeria proud in many countries across the world and got hired by the United Nations (UN) in the 1990s as Director of Energy for Botswana.
The late Fagbenle also served on the Energy Board for Southern Africa for about four years.
In a statement by his Special Adviser (SA) on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President said the deceased exemplified some of the very best Nigeria can offer.
The President prayed God to give his soul eternal rest.
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He added that his footprints would remain indelible in the sands of time.
The late academic and first-class scholar pioneered three higher institutions as Director, Provost and Governing Council Chairman.
The President urged academics to strive to approximate the late Prof Fagbenle’s giant strides and use their God-given intellect for the benefit of the country and humanity.
He prayed God to comfort all those who mourn the departed, and take solace in the fact that the late Fagbenle lived a worthy life and left enduring legacies behind.
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