The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, on behalf of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), mourns the death of the former Minister of Labour & Productivity, Prince Ajibola Afonja, aged, 82.
Segun Imohiosen, the Director, Information & Public Relations revealed this in a statement signed for the SGF.
Afonja was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity by the Chief Ernest Shonekan-led Interim National Government where he contributed immensely to the peaceful industrial harmony between government and labour unions.
The SGF extolled the late former Minister as a technophile, a reformist in the financial industry and an industrialist of repute, who has used his company, Integrated Dimensional System (IDS) to provide employment to teeming Nigerian youths and had also infused innovation and sanity in the financial sector when he held sway as Chairman of First Bank Nigeria Plc.
Sen. Akume acknowledged the immense contribution of late Afonja to the introduction of Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) telephony in Nigeria between 2000 and 2002 during the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He described the late former Minister as a prominent politician, a philanthropist to a fault and a lover of peace whose indelible influence will resonate in the hearts of many people who had come in contact with him.
The SGF commiserated with the Government and people of Oyo State, his immediate family and prayed to God to grant the soul of the departed eternal repose.
