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Ex-minister for Education is dead

Gbenga Bada

April 26, 2017 7:30 PM

Prof Borishade was initially rushed to Reddington Hospital in Lagos, last week from where he was taken to London.

71-year-old Prof Babalola Borishade and former Nigerian minister of education is dead.

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He died in London on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 after a brief illness.

He was initially rushed to Reddington Hospital in Lagos, last week from where he was taken to London.

Borishade was born in Usi- Ekiti on March 7, 1946 into the Ebi Ilotin family.

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He served as a minister for four times, between 1999-2011. The electrical engineer was also a teacher and a political strategist.

Between February 2001 and May 2003, he served as the Minister of Education.

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