The Difference News

Main Menu

  • Home
  • News
    • Nigeria
    • Ghana
    • Middle East
    • East Africa
    • West Africa
    • North Africa
    • World
  • Politics
  • Books
    • Book News
    • Competitions
    • Neighbourhood Book club
  • Business
    • Infrastructure
    • Investment
    • Money
    • Property
    • Transport and Aviation
  • Perspective
    • Editorials
    • Essays
    • Health
    • Opinions
    • Salt Makes a Difference
  • Entertainment
    • Arts and Culture
    • Movies
    • Music
    • People Making a Difference
    • Tidbits
  • Photo View
  • Contact Us

logo

Header Banner

The Difference News

  • Home
  • News
    • Nigeria
    • Ghana
    • Middle East
    • East Africa
    • West Africa
    • North Africa
    • World
  • Politics
  • Books
    • Book News
    • Competitions
    • Neighbourhood Book club
  • Business
    • Infrastructure
    • Investment
    • Money
    • Property
    • Transport and Aviation
  • Perspective
    • Editorials
    • Essays
    • Health
    • Opinions
    • Salt Makes a Difference
  • Entertainment
    • Arts and Culture
    • Movies
    • Music
    • People Making a Difference
    • Tidbits
  • Photo View
  • Contact Us
  • Concern over Cote D’Ivoire as Ouattara wins again

  • Sheikh Gumi’s uphill task deodorizing criminality

  • Nollywood: Genevieve fetes Pete Edochie at 74

  • Mixed reactions trail CBN’s ‘Naira for dollar’ policy

NewsNigeriaPeople Making a DifferenceTop News
Home›News›Onosode: Condolences greet exit

Onosode: Condolences greet exit

By Editorial
September 29, 2015
247
0
Share:

 

Onosode at 80

By Ayotunde Makinde

Condolences have continued to pour in over the death of foremost technocrat and boardroom czar, Deacon Gamaliel Onosode who passed on earlier today in Lagos.

In an early reaction, former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, and himself an elder statesman, Chief Emeka Anyaoku described Onosode’s death as a great loss. ‘An iroko in the corporate world has fallen,’ he declared.

On his part, the immediate past governor of Delta state, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan  said that Pa Onosode was honest, decent and upright all through hence it was easy to run to him for advice whenever the need arose during his tenure as governor.

Uduaghan said that one of Pa Onosode’s princely qualities that was endearing to him, was his simplicity even with his influence and power, adding that in spite of his achievements and attainments in life he remained simply “Mr. Onosode or Deacon Onosode” till his death.

“Pa Onosode was a role model, a quintessential father, archetypal elder statesman, a devout Baptist, a patriotic Nigerian, scion of Delta state and a family man to the core”, the former Governor stated

There were other reactions.

‘His death has deprived Nigerians, particularly the people of Delta State of the services of one of the most consistent administrators of this age,’ wrote Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon Ovwigho Igbuya.

Igbuya who also described the death of the former chairman of Dunlop Nigeria Plc, Cadbury Nigeria Plc and Zain Nigeria as sad and painful, noted that the boardroom guru proved to Nigerians and the international community that there was everything to gain from being principled.

Igbuya’s statement which was signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Henry Ebireri urged the younger generation of Nigerians to take a cue from the ideals that Onosode lived for.

“In Nigeria, Onosode stood out. He was a rare gem and a visionary leader with the knack for identifying talents. As the head of then NAL merchant bank of Nigeria, he brought together bright young men and women, some of whom are today in top banking position in the country and abroad. As a presidential adviser to President Shagari and a former president of the Nigerian Institute of Management, he demonstrated exceptional administrative prowess.

Amongst other illustrious plaudits, Onosode, who was an old boy of Government College Ughelli, was also chairman of the Niger Delta Environmental Survey, and the Global Missions Board of the Nigerian Baptist Convention and the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso.

 

TagsGovernment College UghelliNigeriaOnosode
Previous Article

Visa-free spots for Nigerians

Next Article

Ghanaian lawyers join corruption war

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • Nigeria

    Intrigues as lawyers elect new President

    July 30, 2020
    By Editorial
  • Top NewsUncategorizedWest Africa

    Did Nigeria officially snub Kofi Annan burial?

    September 14, 2018
    By Editorial
  • CrimeTop News

    Defence Headquarters meets cattle herders

    May 4, 2016
    By Editorial
  • PoliticsTop News

    Nigeria needs a different kind of leader – Moghalu

    September 8, 2018
    By Editorial
  • Nigeria

    Miyetti Allah on the spot over Kankara boys

    December 18, 2020
    By Editorial
  • Nigeria

    Jimoh Isiaka: Martyr of the #EndSARS protests

    October 10, 2020
    By Editorial

Leave a reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • BusinessTop News

    Outrage over Bollore’s land policies

  • AfricaTop News

    Ethiopia: Who wants Abiy Ahmed dead?

  • NigeriaTop News

    Reactions trail Lagos school building collapse

Latest Posts

  • Concern over Cote D’Ivoire as Ouattara wins again
  • Sheikh Gumi’s uphill task deodorizing criminality
  • Nollywood: Genevieve fetes Pete Edochie at 74
  • Mixed reactions trail CBN’s ‘Naira for dollar’ policy
  • Senegal: Tension, internet freeze over Sonko’s trial

Timeline

  • March 8, 2021

    Concern over Cote D’Ivoire as Ouattara wins again

  • March 7, 2021

    Sheikh Gumi’s uphill task deodorizing criminality

  • March 7, 2021

    Nollywood: Genevieve fetes Pete Edochie at 74

  • March 7, 2021

    Mixed reactions trail CBN’s ‘Naira for dollar’ policy

  • March 5, 2021

    Senegal: Tension, internet freeze over Sonko’s trial

Latest Comments

  • Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist: A Dialogue with Innocent Chizaram Ilo – Africa in Dialogue
    on
    May 29, 2020
    […] I was in Nigeria as a writer-in-residence at the Ebedi International Writers Residency, I fell ...

    We want more Africans at Ebedi Residency – Okediran

  • Nosa
    on
    December 5, 2019
    Truly an economy of loss !!!

    The economy of loss

  • Nosa
    on
    December 5, 2019
    Truly an economy of loss !!! Nice piece

    The economy of loss

  • Nosa
    on
    November 19, 2019
    Nice piece

    The folly of social media regulation

  • Kingsley Njoku
    on
    October 24, 2019
    The Great Oracle is no slouch when it comes to the nitty gritties, intricacies and the ...

    The circus continues

Find us on Facebook

About

logo

The Difference News is a pan-African newspaper and an digital news media based in Lagos, Nigeria. The Difference reports online daily on events taking place within and outside the continent that could have an impact on the people of Africa.

Relevant Information

  • Home
  • About Us: The Difference Newspaper
  • Advertising
  • About Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Enquiries
  • Contact Us

Reach us

  • 1 Sanyaolu Street, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
  • +234-806-215-1487