Tinubu hails PUNCH Chairman Emeritus, Ogunshola, at 80

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated a former Chairman of PUNCH Nigeria Limited, Chief Ajibola Ogunshola, on his 80th birthday.

Ogunshola will be 80 on Sunday, July 14, 2024.

Tinubu conveyed his wishes in a statement signed on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri  Ngelale.

The statement is titled ‘Tinubu greets Chief Ajibola Olusanya Ogunshola at 80.’

The statement partly reads, “President Bola Tinubu congratulates Chief Ajibola Olusanya Ogunshola, former Chairman of PUNCH Nigeria Limited, on his 80th birthday, July 14, 2024.

“Chief Ogunshola, a distinguished Nigerian, was, at various times, Managing Director of Niger Insurance Plc; Chairman of the Committee of Actuaries advising the United Nations Pension Fund, and Chairman of Alexander Forbes Consulting Actuaries.”

Ogunshola was also President of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria.

He is a fellow of the Nigerian Mathematical Society and a past fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of England.

Tinubu celebrated the Baaroyin of Ibadanland on reaching the venerable age of 80 and commended him for his many accomplishments and contributions to the nation across sectors.

He prayed for the continued well-being of Ogunshola and his family.

Ogunshola made history as the first black African to become a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in England in 1973.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Ibadan in 1967.

During his tenure as Chairman of PUNCH Nigeria Limited, he played a pivotal role in reviving and transforming the publication into Nigeria’s leading newspaper.

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