Former Nigerian High Commissioner to Britain, Dr Christopher Kolade, has died
The nonagenarian was a teacher, perfectionist, orator, broadcaster, diplomat, cleric and boardroom guru.
A family source said he died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday.
Born in Erin-Oke, Osun State in 1932, he was the son of an Anglican missionary and completed his secondary education at Government College, Ibadan, after which he studied at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
He worked as a broadcaster and was the director general of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation. He was CEO and Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc and previously Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Kolade was a colonial-era education official in Nigeria. He taught corporate governance and human resource management at the Lagos Business School (LBS), as well as leadership and conflict management at the School of Media & Communication (SMC). LBS and SMC are both schools of Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.
A former member of the university’s governing council, Kolade also served as pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council of Pan-Atlantic University.
He was also the Chancellor of McPherson University, Ogun State.
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