The first African president of the International Geographical Union, Akin Mabogunje, is dead.
A family friend who spoke with The PUNCH confirmed the death but refused to disclose the hospital where he died.
Mabogunje had served variously as member of the Western Nigerian Economic Advisory Council in 1967, member, Federal Public Service Review Commission, 1972, Chairman, Nigerian Council for Management Development, 1976 and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Ogun State University.
Mabogunje wrote “Urbanization in Nigeria” in 1968, which explored urbanisation and state formation in the country.
In 1999, he became the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
Until his death at 90, Mabogunje was the Chairman of Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy and mentor to its founder, Tunji Olaopa.
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The first African president of the International Geographical Union, Akin Mabogunje, is dead.
A family friend who spoke with The PUNCH confirmed the death but refused to disclose the hospital where he died.
Mabogunje had served variously as member of the Western Nigerian Economic Advisory Council in 1967, member, Federal Public Service Review Commission, 1972, Chairman, Nigerian Council for Management Development, 1976 and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Ogun State University.
Mabogunje wrote “Urbanization in Nigeria” in 1968, which explored urbanisation and state formation in the country.
In 1999, he became the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
Until his death at 90, Mabogunje was the Chairman of Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy and mentor to its founder, Tunji Olaopa.
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