A former Minister of Education, Professor Fabian Osuji, is dead.
He died Wednesday morning at the age of 82.
Family sources said he returned from the United States on Saturday, where he had been holidaying, and was treated for undisclosed ailments.
He was A Minister of Education during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration.
Born Fabian Ngozichukwu Chinedum Osuji on 20 January 1942, he attended Holy Ghost College, Owerri, Government College, Umuahia, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Enugu State and the University of Ibadan, Oyo State.
He performed his Post-Doctoral Research at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.
He became a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan in 1973, a post he held till 1981.
He was also a Visiting Scientific Fellow at the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
He became a Dean of the College of Science, Dean of the College of Postgraduate Studies, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and member of the Governing Council of Imo State University.
He was appointed Professor of Applied Biology, at St. John’s University, New York (CUNY) USA (1997-1999).
