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Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria’s first female Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof Grace Alele-Williams.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Ibori as saying Alele-Williams lived as a high -achiever and that she would be greatly missed.
“Alele -Williams’ life imparted greatly on mine as she was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin while I was a student there.
“I remember her as an outstanding woman of integrity and one of those who showed my feet the way to follow,” Ibori stated in a statement released by Tony Eluemunor, his Media Assistant.
Ibori sent his condolences to the Itsekiri nation and Delta state whose histories Alele-Williams decorated with her trail-blazing life; as the first Nigerian woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics and the first female Vice-Chancellor of a Nigerian University.
“I regret her passing even as I thank God for the pace-setting life she lived as a high -achiever,” the statement further quoted Ibori to have said.