Tinubu mourns Mrs. Leila Fowler, describes her as icon of education

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness implicit the passing of Chief (Mrs.) Leila Euphemia Apinke Fowler, a lawyer, renowned educationist and laminitis of the Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls successful Lagos.

Fowler, the Yeye Mofin of Lagos and parent of Babatunde Fowler, erstwhile Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), died astatine 92.

President Tinubu described her decease arsenic a monolithic nonaccomplishment to her family, loved ones, and the full nation, peculiarly the acquisition sector, wherever she distinguished herself arsenic a visionary and trailblazer.

The President said: “Through establishing the Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, the precocious Mrs. Fowler laid the instauration for world excellence, nurturing generations of young women and empowering them to scope their fullest potential.

“Her bequest lives connected successful the thousands of lives she transformed. The federation is grateful for her singular impact. She volition beryllium fondly engraved successful our minds.”

President Tinubu extended his heartfelt condolences to the Fowler family, friends, associates, the absorption and students of Vivian Fowler Memorial College, and the radical of Lagos State.

The President prayed that Almighty God volition assistance her psyche eternal repose and comfortableness each who mourn her passing.

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