Gamaliel Onosode, frontline industrialist,
technocrat and administrator, has died at the age of 82.
He died at 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, his son, Ese Onosode, announced in a statement.
Born 22 May 1933, Onosode was educated at the Government College, Ughelli and the University of Ibadan, he emerged in the 1970s, as one of Nigeria’s leading educated chief executives, when he was at the helm of NAL merchant bank of Nigeria.
Over the years, he has risen to become a leading boardroom player in Nigeria’s corporate environment. He was also a former presidential adviser to President Shagari and a former president of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
Onosode is also a former presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party of Nigeria.