Ex-information minister Tony Momoh is dead
Sodiq Oyeleke
A former Minister of Information and Culture, Tony Momoh, has died at the age of 81.
Sources close to the deceased told our correspondent that he died on Monday at his residence in Abuja.
A former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar described the late Momoh as a good man.
In a message posted on his Twitter handle, @atiku, the former Vice-President wrote, “A good man, Prince Tony Momoh, has gone home. The veteran journalist, politician, and former minister was an avowed apostle of politics without bitterness. And like the prince he was, carried himself with dignity and respect. He will be sorely missed.
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Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday joined others to mourn a former Minister of Information, Tony Momoh, who died earlier in the day.
In a message posted on his Twitter handle, @atiku, the former Vice-President described the deceased as a good man.
He said like a Prince that he was, Momoh carried himself with dignity and respect.
He wrote, “A good man, Prince Tony Momoh, has gone home. The veteran journalist, politician and former minister was an avowed apostle of politics without bitterness. And like the prince he was, carried himself with dignity and respect. He will be sorely missed.
Late Tony Momoh
According to family sources, the former Minister died on Monday at his residence in Abuja.
Momoh was appointed Minister of Information and Culture by General Ibrahim Babangida, holding the position from September 1986 until 1990.
Momoh was Chairman of the African Conference of Information Ministers from 1988 to 1990.
He was educated at Government School Auchi, the school Momoh the First had established at Auchi in 1922. He also attended Teacher Training College, Abraka, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, the University of Lagos, and the Nigerian Law school.
He had degrees in Mass Communication and Law and was a solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He worked in various capacities, including professional and administrative, in the Daily Times of Nigeria Group.