The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has on Tuesday sent condolences to the family of renowned mathematician and scientist, Prof Aderemi Kuku, over the passing of the scholar and administrator, whose work, he said, will continue to stand as a testimony of diligence and brilliance.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Tuesday titled, ‘President Buhari mourns renowned professor of mathematics, Aderemi Oluyomi Kuku’.
According to Adesina, “President Buhari joins the academia, in Nigeria and abroad, in mourning the researcher and publisher, who turned a full Professor of Mathematics in 1982, at the age of 41, and consistently contributed to global knowledge, serving variously as President of the African Mathematical Union, Member of the International Mathematical Union Commission on Development and Exchange and President of The African Academy of Sciences.
“The President notes that the late scholar’s drive and love for knowledge earned him many recognitions and awards, which include Nigerian National Order of Merit, the highest honour in Nigeria for academic excellence, Officer of the Order of the Niger, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Fellow of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria and Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.”
Buhari prayed for the repose of the soul of the departed and God’s comfort for his family.
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