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Former Minister Olufemi Olumide is dead

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Former Federal Commissioner for Works Real Admiral Olufemi Olumide is dead.

He died after a brief illness in Abeokuta, Ogun State, his home town.

He was 82.

An engineer, Olumide was a pioneer of the National Institute of Strategic Studies, Jos.

He served in many capacities in the Nigerian Navy before retiring in the eighties.

Olumide was Flag Officer Commanding, Naval Dockyard, Lagos and Chief of Material, Naval Headquarters, Lagos.

According to a statement by his family, the former minister will be laid to rest in Abeokuta next week.

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