Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Duties dies
20 December 2020 |
10:03 am
Prof. Bayonile Ademodi, Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, died on Saturday, an official has said.
Prof. Bayonile Ademodi, Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, died on Saturday, an official has said.
Mr Donald Ojogo, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Sunday in Akure.
Ademodi was 68 years old, a professor of chemical engineering, and a native of Ondo town.
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