Mr Gamaliel Onosode was corporate guru, politician par excellence and a role model to many. He passed away on September 29th, 2015 at the age of 82 and his presence will forever be missed. Here’s all you need to know about him:
1. Mr Onosode was a Nigerian technocrat, administrator and a former presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party of Nigeria.
2. He had his early education at Government College, Ughelli and then he proceeded to the University of Ibadan where he bagged a Bachelor’s degree.
3. As at the 1970s, Gamaliel had emerged as one of Nigeria’s leading educated chief executives, with him being in charge of NAL merchant bank of Nigeria.
4. He was a former chairman of Dunlop Nigeria Plc, Cadbury Nigeria Plc, the Presidential Commission on Parastatals, Nigeria LNG Working Committee and Nigeria LNG Limited, the Niger Delta Environmental Survey and Zain Nigeria which has now evolved into Airtel Nigeria of today.
5. Onosode was also the immediate past and inaugural President of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, immediate past Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Uyo and immediate past and inaugural President & Chairman of Council of the Association of Pension Funds of Nigeria.
6. During his illustrious lifetime he bagged honorary degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University, the University of Benin, and the Rivers State University of Science and Technology . He also received a honorary D.D degree from the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso (2002).
7. He was also a former presidential adviser to President Shehu Shagari on Budget Affairs and Director of Budget and a former president of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
8. He was a Fellow of the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and former president of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
9. Before his death, he was the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, his Alma Mater, and Chairman of its Governing Council.
10. While he was alive, he was a devout Christian. He started the Good News Baptist Church in his Sitting Room on 1 Feb.1984. Good News Baptist Church is now a large church of over 2000 people and is a major faction of the Nigerian Baptist Convention.
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