President Buhari Mourns Tam David West

– Professor Tamunoemi Sokari David-West, 83, was a consultant virologist of national and international standing

– He was born in Buguma, Kalabari, in what is now Rivers State

– He served as Commissioner of Education in the old Rivers State, Minister of Petroleum and Energy under the Muhammadu Buhari military regime

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sorrow at the death of his ally and friend, a man he usually calls “the indomitable Tam David-West.”

Buhari, in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, said “He had an indomitable spirit, stood resolutely by whatever he believed in, and was in a class of his own,”

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Professor Tamunoemi Sokari David-West, 83, was a consultant virologist of national and international standing.

He was born in Buguma, Kalabari, in what is now Rivers State.

He had his higher education at the University of Ibadan (1956–1958) and earned a BSc degree at Michigan State University (1958–1960), an MSc degree at Yale University (1960–1962), and a PhD degree at McGill University.

He served as Commissioner of Education in the old Rivers State, Minister of Petroleum and Energy under the Muhammadu Buhari military regime, and Minister of Mines, Power and Steel under Gen. Ibrahim Babangida regime.

He was eventually removed as minister and arrested by the Babangida regime for allegedly contributing to the economic adversity of the country. He was discharged and acquitted of these charges by Nigeria’s Special Appeal Court on 8 August 1991.