President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday congratulated Dr. Segun Osoba on his 90th birthday, celebrating the historian, activist, and scholar as one of the country’s finest minds.
In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the President lauded Osoba for his decades of activism and scholarship.
“Osoba retired in 1991 as a history lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and has since been based in his hometown, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.”
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The President equally applauded Osoba’s significant contributions to advancing knowledge, promoting scholarship, and inspiring generations of Nigerians as well as his role in Nigeria’s constitutional development.
Recalling Osoba’s membership in the committee that drafted the 1979 Constitution, which laid the foundation for the Second Republic, the President said: “Notably, Osoba and Dr Yusuf Bala Usman produced a minority report recommending the removal of immunity clauses for presidents and governors, as well as setting the minimum age for eligibility to run for office at 30.
“The military government rejected the entire report at the time.”
Tinubu thanked Osoba for his patriotism and dedicated service to the nation, praying for many more years of good health and continued contributions to Nigeria.