President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Segun Osoba, a renowned historian, activist and scholar, on his 90th birthday on January 9.
The president in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, celebrated the scholar, describing him as one of Nigeria’s finest minds.
After many years of activism and scholarship, Dr Osoba retired from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as a History lecturer in 1991 and has been operating from his hometown, Ijebu-Ode, in Ogun State ever since.
Tinubu lauded his efforts in advancing the frontiers of knowledge, promoting scholarship and inspiring generations of Nigerians.
He also commended the eminent historian, a staunch advocate of social justice and good governance, for contributing to Nigeria’s constitutional development.
He recalled his membership in the committee that drafted the 1979 Constitution which laid the foundation for the Second Republic.
Notably, Osoba and Dr Yusuf Bala Usman produced a minority report recommending no immunity clauses for presidents and governors and a minimum age of 30 to be eligible to run for office. The military government rejected the entire report at the time.
President Tinubu thanked Dr Osoba for his intense patriotism in serving the nation and prayed to God Almighty to grant him many more years of good health.
