The Nigeria President, President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of late Professor Owodunni Teriba, a renowned economist, died at the age of 82.
Well, in a statement revealed on Friday, 1st May, 2020, by Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari extolled the can-do spirit of the late Teriba, who studied privately for his Advanced Level education and completed his Bachelors in Economics at the University of Ibadan in 1962.
Teriba was awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, then procuring Masters in Economics in 1963 and PhD in the same discipline in 1965.
He then returned to the University of Ibadan in 1966 as a senior lecturer, and from 1975 - 1985, he was handed Head of the Department of Economics.
He became the Senior Regional Adviser to the Member States of the Commission on Economic Surveys, Research and Planning in 1985.
In 1989, Teriba also served as the Commission’s Chief Economist and Director, Socio-Economic Research and Planning Department with broader managerial functions and responsibilities until his retirement in 1998.
However, President Buhari disclosed that the late Prof. Teriba stamped his authority on areas like economic principles, monetary, fiscal and development economics.
Furthermore, the President said that late Prof. Teriba uplifted the Nigeria’s flag proudly and that posterity would be kind to him.
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