The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has mourned famend mathematician and former Vice-Chancellor of the College of Benin, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams.
The governor, in a press release, described Alele-Williams as an amazon, who trod the place others dreaded, hailing her unmatched devotion to nationwide growth.
Obaseki famous that Alele-Williams restored sanity to UNIBEN.
He mentioned, “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I acquired the unhappy information of the passing of famend educational and administrator, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams.”
The governor mentioned Prof. Alele-Williams was a thoroughbred academician who all through her life left an indelible mark of dutiful service, onerous work, diligence and dedication.
He mentioned, “As the primary feminine Nigerian to earn a doctorate diploma in arithmetic, Prof. Alele-Williams was a lady of many firsts. She shattered the glass ceiling and didn’t look again thereafter.
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“When she turned the Vice Chancellor of the College of Benin – on the time the first-ever feminine Vice-Chancellor of a Nigerian college – she shone brightly as a fearless administrator and restored sanity to the upper establishment throughout a interval of social upheaval.
“Prof. Alele-Williams might be remembered for her perception, dedication to responsibility and braveness in addition to her dedication to breaking boundaries limiting the development of ladies in uncharted territories.”
The governor commiserated with the Alele-Williams household, praying that God will grant all of the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
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