President Bola Tinubu has described renowned historian and scholar Dr. Segun Osoba as one of Nigeria’s finest minds.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga to celebrate the activist at 90 on Friday, Tinubu commended the eminent historian, a staunch advocate of social justice and good governance, for contributing to Nigeria’s constitutional development.
Dr. Segun Osoba
The statement read, “The President celebrates the respected scholar on this momentous occasion and describes him as one of Nigeria’s finest minds. After many years of activism and scholarship, Dr 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. President Tinubu lauds Osoba’s efforts in advancing the frontiers of knowledge, promoting scholarship, and inspiring generations of Nigerians.”
Tinubu, however, recalled his membership in the committee that drafted the 1979 Constitution, which laid the foundation for the Second Republic, maintaining that Osoba and Dr. Yusuf 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 thanks Dr Osoba for his intense patriotism in serving the nation and prays to God Almighty to grant him many more years in good health,” the statement added.