A pioneer Chairman of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Professor Tom Adaba, is dead.
He died Saturday morning in Abuja.
He was 83.
His death was announced the Secretary Egbira Elders Forum Abuja, Chief Adinoyi Joe Anivasa on Saturday.
He said, “I feel sad to inform you that our elder and leader, Prof Tom A Adaba just answered the call of nature by giving up his ghost to the Lord this morning.
“We thank God for his life. May God have mercy on his shortcomings and grant his soul eternal peaceful rest in His Heavenly Kingdom, Amen.”
Funeral arrangements would be communicated later, he said.
He was the first Nigerian (between 1988 and 1992) to be honoured as president of the African Council for Communication Education.
