The death has been announced of a former trustee and executive secretary of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) and a one-time commissioner for Education in the old Bendel State, Chief Tayo Akpata.
He passed on peacefully at his Ikoyi, Lagos residence at 10a.m. yesterday at the age of 83. A press statement from the family said burial arrangements of the late elder statesman and astute administrator who was the ‘Ima of Benin’ would be announced in due course.
He is survived by his wife, Chief (Mrs) Olabisi Akpata, nee Ayorinde; children and grandchildren.
He established the Tayo Akpata Foundation, which caters to the needy and the underprivileged.
He was a member of the Metropolitan Club and the Yoruba Tennis Club.
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