Tuesday, October 14

Chief Tayo Akpata Is Dead


A former trustee and Executive Secretary of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) and one-time Commissioner for Education in the old Bendel State, Chief Tayo Akpata, 83, is dead.

Chief Akpata passed away at his residence in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday morning.

A press statement from the family confirmed the death of Chief Akpata, who was, until his death, the Ima of Benin.

The deceased was a one-time chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA); Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), as well as the chairman of Siemens Nigeria.

He is survived by his wife, Olabisi, children and grandchildren.

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