President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of a renowned pharmacist, Prof. Ebenezer Ogunlana, at the age of 87.
In a Monday statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the president sent his condolences to the family, friends, and associates of Ogunlana, a one-time President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Association of Professional Bodies in Nigeria and the West African Pharmacists Association.
A former Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ogunlana was a recipient of the Andre Bedat award, which is given to persons who have distinguished themselves in the practice of pharmacy by the International Pharmaceutical Federation.
Tinubu sympathised with the Ogunlana family and the pharmaceutical community for the “painful loss of this lodestar of pharmacy in Nigeria and beyond”.
“President Tinubu prays for the repose of the soul of the dearly departed and comfort for all those who mourn this agonizing loss,” the statement read in part.
