By Miriam Humbe
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, on behalf of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), is mourning the death of the former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, aged, 72.
Segun Imohiosen, the Director, Information & Public Relations in the OSGF revealed this in a statement signed on Thursday for: Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu was appointed Minister of Science and Technology during the tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He made giant and unprecedented strides in revolutionising the Ministry into a scientific and technological hub of Africa by promoting innovations and invention for nation building.
The SGF described the late former Minister as a detribalised Nigerian and a statesman who believed in the unity of Nigeria which saw the abolition of the State-of-Origin Syndrome as exemplified by the appointment of non-indigenes into key positions of responsibilities during his administration as the first civilian Governor of Abia State.
Sen. Akume described the late Dr. Onu as an epitome of a thorough-bred politician with impeccable integrity whose unflinching support and loyalty contributed immensely to the evolution of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and also a quintessential philomath whose indelible foot marks in the academia, especially in the engineering world will remain evergreen.
The SGF therefore, commiserated with the Government and people of Ebonyi State, his immediate family and prayed to God to grant the soul of the departed eternal repose.
