A prominent member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos Professor Tunde Samuel is dead.
He was a former Special Adviser on Education to former Governor Bola Tinubu.
ABN TV learnt Prof. Samuel died on Wednesday night.
He was 73.
Mourning him, Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, described Prof. Samuel as a titan whose positive roles in Lagos cannot be forgotten in a hurry.
Samuel was a retired Professor of Political Economics of Education and a former Chairman of the Governing Council of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto-Ijanikin.
He served as Chairman of the Governing Councils for the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti and the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa, respectively.
He was also an International Consultant for UNESCO and UNICEF.
Prof. Samuel was also a member of the 2014 National Conference.