In a sad mood, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, on behalf of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), has mourned the death of the former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, aged, 62.
Gbagi was appointed Minister of State for Education during the tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
A statement issued on Monday by Segun Imohiosen, Director, Information & Public Relations
for SGF, noted that the deceased contributed immensely to "the development of Basic and Secondary Sectors, such as the Almajiri Education Programme."
The SGF, the statement added, eulogized the late former Minister as an "irreproachable statesman with high moral rectitude, who left over N800 million in the coffers of Delta Development and Property Authority (DDPA) when he held sway as its Chairman"
He urged Nigerians to imitate his good virtues to support the anti-graft efforts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Sen. Akume described the late Gbagi as a quintessential politician, a criminologist extraordinaire and a great industrialist, whose indelible mark in the development of Nigeria’s politics, education, security and economy will outlive him and also serve as a reference point for posterity.
SGF commiserated with the Government and people of Delta State, his immediate family and prayed to God to grant the soul of the departed eternal rest.