Ex- Lagos Red Cross Chair, Odugbesan passes on

The death has occurred of Otunba Anthony Olusegun Odugbesan on Saturday, January 13, 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria.

He was a former Director-General, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and later , Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism with the Lagos State government under the Sir. Michael Otedola and laterly Col. Olagunsoye Oyinlola administrations.

Otunba Odugbesan was an alumnus of St. Finbarrs’ College, Lagos and one of the first sets, from which he earned his secondary school certificate. In 1967, he left for further studies in the United States of America and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey in 1971 and an MBA from Rutgers University, New Jersey in 1974.

Otunba Odugbesan was a brilliant scholar who authored many illuminating papers in his professional discipline as an educator, including at the University of Lagos, where he was a Member of the University Senate, Head of the Faculty of Business Administration where he taught many of today’s captains of industry.

He also held several visiting lecturer positions at home and abroad.

He was a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management and sat on several governmental committees at state and federal level.

His passion for humanitarianism was deep and he contributed enormously including as Chairman of the Lagos State Red Cross for many years.

His contributions to the Catholic Archdiocese in Lagos, Ishiwo and Epe bear testimony to his love for God.

Otunba Odugbesan was married to the late Chief (Mrs) Felicia Odugbesan, former first female Rector of Yaba College of Technology from 1993 to 2001.

He is survived and will be much missed by his children, grandchildren, sisters, brother and many relatives too numerous to mention.