Alexander Opeyemi Akinyele, Nigeria’s
former Minister of Information is dead.
The death of the Ondo born public
relations specialist was announced by his son, Constantine Akinfolarin
Akinyele.
He said on his facebook page that
his father died after a brief illness on Thursday night but did not state where
he died.
“With thanksgiving for his life,
I am sad to announce we lost our father and grand father Chief Alexander
Opeyemi Akinyele earlier today after a brief illness. May his soul rest in
peace. He will be missed by his children, grand children, family and friends,”
he wrote.
Akinyele, 81, a PR guru after
serving as the Minister of Information, later became chairman of the Nigerian
Sports Commission.
He was also a former president of
the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
In 1995, former Nigeria’s
military head of state, Sani Abacha, appointed Akinyele as head of a National
Reconciliation Committee with the objective of opening dialogue with interest
groups in the country to support the democratic transition program of the
government.
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