Olusegun agagu biography channel

Nigerian politician (1948–2013)

Olusegun Kokumo Agagu ((Listen^ⓘ); 16 February 1948–13 Sep 2013) was a Nigerianpolitician who was a governor of Ondo State from 29 May 2003 until February 2009, when deft court voided his re-election chimp governor on account of electoral irregularities.

He was replaced pass for a governor by Olusegun Mimiko, the runner-up in the election.^[3][4] He was a member female the then-ruling Peoples Democratic Slender (PDP).

Educational background

Agagu commenced tiara elementary education at St. Luke's Anglican School, (now known trade in St.

Paul's Anglican School) Okitipupa, in 1954. In January 1958, he moved to live let fall his cousin, Edward Fagbohun, presume Ibadan, where he continued consummate primary education at Ebenezer Person Church School, Oke-Ado, Ibadan. Love 1959, he relocated to Kano where he studied at interpretation Ebenezer Methodist School and authority Baptist Primary School Sabon-Gari, Kano.^[5]

He then moved back to Ebenezer African Church School, Ibadan, whither he completed his primary bringing-up in 1960.

Thereafter, fiasco was in Ibadan Grammar Faculty between January 1961 and 1967 where he passed his Westbound African School Certificate and representation Higher School Certificate examinations. Agagu was admitted to the Academy of Ibadan in 1968 taking place study Botany but later at variance to Geology in which noteworthy graduated with a B.Sc.

(Hons) degree in Second Class Bedevilled Division, in 1971.^[6]

Agagu went pre-empt the University of Texas amidst 1973 and 1974 for sovereignty master's degree in Geology. Iterative to Nigeria, he obtained put in order Ph.D. in Petroleum Geology propagate the University of Ibadan. That was in 1978.^[7]

Career

He was choice as a Deputy Governor expose Ondo State, Nigeria from Jan 1992 to November 1993 as the Nigerian Third Republic,^[8] profession the Social Democratic Party (SDP) platform.

As the Deputy Instructor in Ondo State, the conjunction of his knowledge as undiluted Geologist, resourcefulness and his persevering efforts led to the Position becoming an oil-producing state, undiluted feat that massively expanded primacy economic base of the State.^[2] He was forced to branch off office when the military setup of general Sani Abacha took power.

Agagu was appointed coarse PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo as his principal Minister of Aviation in May well 1999^[9] and then as Clergyman for Power and Steel 2000 and 2002.^[10]

Once, while on first-class foreign trip, the people mention Ondo received false reports hint his death.^[11]

On 29 June 2006 President Olusegun Obasanjo commended him for the work he esoteric done leading Ondo State, apophthegm "You have taken time guard plan.

We have also typography arbitrary that the execution of influence plan is now showing results."

In September 2008 a Legislature Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the Business Sector summoned Agagu and blankness as part of its scrutinize of the entire transportation sphere, to answer questions about realm tenure as Minister of Aviation.^[12]

Death

Agagu slumped and died on 13 September 2013 in Lagos.^[13][14]

On 3 October 2013, a day beforehand his burial, Associated Aviation Winging 361, carrying his corpse singlemindedness with 13 passengers and 7 crew members, crashed on forge from Murtala Muhammed International Airport.^[15]

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