Second republic Senate President
in Nigeria, Senator Joseph Wayas, has died in a London Hospital. He was 80
years old.
Wayas was the Senate President
between 1979 and 1983.
Born in Basang, Obudu, Cross
River State on 21 May 1941, Wayas attended the Dennis Memorial Grammar School,
Onitsha. He went to the United Kingdom where he studied at the Higher Tottenham
Technical College, London, the West Bronwich College of Commerce, Science and
Technology, Birmingham and Aston University, Birmingham.
He returned to Nigeria after his
studies and worked as a manager or controller from 1960-1969 for several
companies in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
Until his death, he was a member
of the Society of International Affairs at the Lincoln University, United
States.
Late Wayas joined the Federal
Government in 1969-72 as the commissioner for Transport, South-Eastern State,
now broken into Akwa Ibom and Cross River states from 1972-74.
He was a member of the
constituent Assembly in 1977-78.
May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
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