Olufunke agagu biography of michael

For those who knew Segun Agagu very well. They definitely would have missed him in the last five years. I do. Great fella.

Eric Teniola

I lost a friend Oluwasegun Kokumo Agagu (1948-2013), five years ago. To honour his memory, I attended his fifth memorial lecture at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday, September 13. The lecture was organized by members of the board of Trustees of Segun Agagu Foundation made up of Dr. Deji Adeleke (Chairman), Chief Pius Oluwole Akinyelure, Marie Ekpere, Prince Yemi Adefulu, MFR, Mr. Kayode Fawole, Alhaji Kashim Imam, Ms. Solape Adefala, Dr. Olumuyiwa Aliu, Mr. Akin Aruwajoye, Mr. Kayode Falowo, Mr. Femi Agagu and Mr. Feyi Agagu-the first and only son of Dr. Segun Agagu.

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Part of the objectives of the foundation is, to immortalize the name and legacy of the late Dr. Olusegun Agagu, to live up to and seek to actualize his personal credo which was ‘to leave things better than he met them and to further the ideals he lived by and worked passionately towards, particularly intellectual excellence, good governance and national development. So far over two hundred students have received scholarships from the foundation. The students are those in Secondary schools and universities.

The students majored in geology, Petroleum Engineering, Energy, Aviation and Culture. Some of them include, Ogunkoya Oluwadamilare Akinwale, Okorafor Chioma, Sobulo Temitope Hannah, Amodu Idera Omowunmi, Oladele Oluwafemi Olawale, Ajilore Oluwatoyin Hannah, Fafiloye Michael Oluwaseyi, Alo Olawale Olufemi, Ogunsakin Oluwakunle, Adeniyi Olwatimilehin, Fasuyi Favour, Olosho Ayomide, Ogedengbe Aanuolowapo, Ajayi Folawe, Ayetiran Favour, Adesomoju Precious, Akinniyi Ayomide, Ogunboye Mercy, Omofioye Joy, Titiloye Goodluck, Samuel Itunuayo, Leyi John, Ayantuga Busola, Omoyele Omolola, Olayiwola Favour and Oladipo Oyedam

December 7, 2018

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George Baxter Adams, Jr. (B.S. ’51, M.A. ’53) passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 21, 2018, just shy of his 90th birthday. Baxter was born in Paducah, Texas, to Baxter, Sr. and Nell Boutwell Adams. He graduated from Waco High and was manager of the state cochampionship football team in 1945. He attended Baylor University for two years and graduated from the University of Texas with a Master’s Degree in Geology. He was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and the Texas Cowboys. In 1952 he married Carol Nash of Waco. He was employed in Houston by Shell Oil Co., Edwin Allday Independent Oil Co., McCormack Oil & Gas, and was owner of Sunbelt Oil & Gas. In 1981, he retired from the oil business and bought Love Creek Ranch in the Hill Country and pioneered the Texas apple industry. He was also the first to propagate the Native Texas Bigtooth Maple Tree. After 25 years they sold the ranch and moved to Kerrville in 2002. Baxter and Carol donated 1,400 acres of their ranch to the Nature Conservancy to create Love Creek Preserve in Bandera County. Their gift demonstrated their commitment to conservation and helped ensure their legacy will be enjoyed by future generations of Texans. He was preceded in death by his parents; his granddaughter, Audrey Ellen Ducote; and his brother-in-law, James Roberts Nash. He is survived by his wife, Carol Nash Adams; sister, Katherine Adams Stanley, Ph.D.; three daughters, Ellen Adams Ducote and husband, Lester, Ann Adams Landry and husband, Christopher and Kelley Adams Burgess and husband, Bob; as well as six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

Olusegun Kokumo Agagu (M.A. ’75) was born in Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria, and graduated from the University of Ibadan (UI) at the top of his class with a B.Sc. (Hons) in geology (1971). He worked as a geologist with Gulf Oil Company (now Chevron Plc) before proceeding back to UI to lecture in t

Exactly 10 years ago, he bade the world final Goodbye at a relatively tender age of 65. Dr Olusegun Kokumo Agagu may have gone to the world beyond but his legacies remain evergreen in the mind of his Ikale people of Ondo State and many Nigerians who saw him as a leading light.

In the next few days to September 13, a long programme has been set up to celebrate our own prophet who had honour in his town, among his people and humanity. That explains why the tears are still flowing, cascading like the waters of the ocean, 10 years after his interment.

Dr Olusegun Agagu, former governor of Ondo State lives on as his demise reminds us of this yet to be disputed, saying, especially in Yorubaland, that good people don’t really stay long. They come and quickly make evergreen impacts on the sand of time and disappear into the thin air like a flash.

The late Dr, Olusegun Kokumo Agagu, born on the 16th, February, 1948, in Iju-Odo ,Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo, a geologist ,turned politician, departed this world ,unceremoniously on the 13th ,September, 2013, leaving his families  and political associates grieving that he left too early.

Yes, we all agreed that he left too soon, but the consolation is that he left behind strong families, dependable political  associates and above all,  incredible impacts on humanity which can’t be erased from the social and political landscape of Ondo State, and Nigeria at large.

It was like yesterday that this erudite scholars, a one-time Minister of Aviation, and power, respectively, under president, Olusegun Obasanjo slumped and died at his house in Lagos. Nobody saw his death coming. He wasn’t sick. He was as fit as fiddle unto his last minutes on earth..

One time deputy governor of Ondo State and later governor in 2003-7, Agagu contested in 2007 and .his second term re-election was annulled by the tribunal in questionable circumstances which is yet to be unraveled till date.

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THE wife of the former Governor of Ondo State and founder of Handicapped Education Foundation (HANDEF), Dr Mrs Olufunke Agagu, last week feted primary, secondary school students and physically impaired trainees to mark its tenth empowerment programme in Akure.

HANDEF, since creation in 2008, has been encouraging people living with disabilities by organising different seminars and workshops on different aspects of life to empower them on health issues, business and entrepreneurship, and partnering with other local and international organizations, geared towards giving the focal persons a sense of belonging and purpose on earth.

Seventeen people living with various disabilities at the HANDEF Mobility Aid and Braille Centre were given six laptop computers, three knitting machines and eight cash empowerment, while 11 students from primary and secondary school categories won several awards and cash prizes in a competition.

According to the founder: “This will be the tenth in the series of our empowerment programs since the centre was commissioned in 2008.

In fact, we had three ceremonies in the first year where we graduated 20 in ICT and seven in bead and hat making.”

She stated that the foundation has trained for free and graduated 56 people in ICT, 29 in fashion designing, knitting, hat and bead making from 2008 to 2015, “and all of them were given tools of their trade or start-off grants.”

Agagu mentioned that during the same period, the foundation has counselled and tested 1863 for HIV/AIDS and have given out over 700 mobility aids throughout the south western states, and even to beneficiaries in Edo State, adding that one of the Ogungbeni children, who are beneficiaries of HANDEF, would soon graduate from the Technical College, Okitipupa.

The foundation in the last two years has introduced “The Essay and Artistic Drawing Competition,” which is open to select private primary and secondary schools in the st