The death has been announced of Tayo Akpata (CON), a former trustee and executive secretary of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) and one-time commissioner for education in old Bendel state.
He passed on peacefully at his Ikoyi, Lagos residence around 10am on Monday, October 13, 2014. He was 83.
The family confirmed the demise of the elder statesman in a press statement released Monday evening, adding that burial arrangements would be announced in due course.
An alumnus of Edo College, Benin and University of Hull, United Kingdom, the late Akpata (pictured with President Goodluck Jonathan) served as the deputy registrar of the University of Ibadan. He was a director of Bendel Feeds and Flower Mills (BFFM) and chairman of I.B.M (Nigeria) Ltd.
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He was also chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of NNPC, as well as the chairman of Siemens Nigeria.
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.
He is survived by his wife, Olabisi Akpata, nee Ayorinde; children and grandchildren.
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