Tinubu Celebrates Renowned Historian/ Activist, Segun Osoba At 90

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated renowned historian, activist and scholar, Dr. Segun Osoba, as he marks his 90th birthday on January 9.
This was as the President had extended his heartfelt condolences to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, on the passing of his mother, Hajiya Hauwa’u Abubakar, aged 94.
The President, in a release issued yesterday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, celebrated the respected scholar on this momentous occasion and described him as one of Nigeria’s finest minds.
President Tinubu lauded Osoba’s efforts in advancing the frontiers of knowledge, promoting scholarship, and inspiring generations of Nigerians.
The President also commended the eminent historian, a staunch advocate of social justice and good governance, for contributing to Nigeria’s constitutional development.
He recalled his membership in the committee that drafted the 1979 Constitution, which laid the foundation for the Second Republic.
Notably, Osoba and Dr. Yusuf Bala Usman produced a minority report recommending no immunity clauses for Presidents and governors and a minimum age of 30 to be eligible to run for office. The military government rejected the entire report at the time.

Tinubu thanked Osoba for his intense patriotism in serving the nation and prayed to God Almighty to grant him many more years in good health.

After many years of activism and scholarship, Osoba retired from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as a history lecturer in 1991. He has been operating from his hometown, Ijebu-Ode, in Ogun state, ever since.

 Meanwhile, the President in a release issued yesterday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Onanuga, described the passing of the nonagenarian as a loss beyond her immediate family but one that touched on the community far and near her.

Tinubu joined the Dingyadi family in mourning the late matriarch and condoled with the government and people of Sokoto State.

The President prayed for the deceased’s soul and urged her family to preserve the good memories she left behind by continuing with her good deeds.