RE: Fwd: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Official Statement of the Aluko Family on the Passing Away of Professor Samuel Adepoju Aluko on February 7, 2012

May his soul rest in peace.

Adelaja Odutola, Ph.D.
Dean, Sydney Lewis School of Business
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Subject: Re: Fwd: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Official Statement of the
Aluko Family on the Passing Away of Professor Samuel Adepoju Aluko on
February 7, 2012

When I was a young lad, two academic giants whose names rang a loud bell in
our
household (and so many others) were Professor Chike Obi (mathematician) and
Professor Sam Aluko (economist) as we fondly referred to him in those days.
Professor Obi joined our great intellectual ancestors in 2008, and now
Professor
Aluko has joined him there, too. May Africa continue to produce women and men
of
similar intellectual timber!

My family and I join others in extending our condolences to the family.

Ike Udogu

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Date: Friday, February 10, 2012 2:22 pm
Subject: Fwd: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Official Statement of the Aluko
Family on the Passing Away of Professor Samuel Adepoju Aluko on February 7,
2012
To: alukome@gmail.com, usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com

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> Prof. My condolences and sympathies on the passing of your Dad. May
> God provide you and the entire family the strength and fortitude to
> bear the loss and fill the vaccuum he left with endless joy and
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> Bolaji, accept my condolence of your dad, Prof Sam Aluko. May his
> soul rest in peace.
> Layi
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> Prof, please accept my condolence!. Prof Sam Aluko, as he was known
> to be called, was indeed a reknown Economist. May his gentle soul
> rest in the bottom of the Lord.
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> OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE ALUKO FAMILY
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> With a deep sense of loss, yet with great gratitude to our Lord and
> Saviour Jesus Christ for a full and Christian life well-lived, we
> announce the death of our exemplary husband, father and
> grandfather, foremost academician and consummate patriot Professor
> Samuel Adepoju Aluko, at 12.30 am (UK time) on Tuesday February 7,
> 2012, at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He
> died peacefully and painlessly with prayer and songs ["Great is
> thy faithfulness, O God my Father", etc.] after a brief illness.
> At or very close to his bedside were his loving wife of fifty-
> seven years, Joyce Anomoghan, some of his six children, twenty-
> four grandchildren and other family members.
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> Born at Ode-Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government, Ekiti State on August
> 18, 1929, he attended primary school at St. Mary's School Ode-Ekiti
> and Emmanuel School Ado-Ekiti, secondary school at Christ's School
> Ado-Ekiti, and university at the London School of Economics. He
> taught and had top administrative duties at various educational
> institutions, particularly the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now
> Obafemi Awolowo University) and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
> with sabbatical stints at the universities in Birmingham, Harvard
> and MIT, among others. His service as adviser and social critic
> in public policy, politics and economics to various local, state
> and federal governments in Nigeria and abroad are well-documented,
> a passion for which he demonstrated right to the very end of his
> life. He loved sports, travel and his family dearly.
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> The outpouring of a sense of great loss, yet of love and
> admiration¸that our family has witnessed in print and by personal
> contact, from the top of Nigerian society to the ordinary citizens
> for who "Papa Sam Aluko" had a passion, has been overwhelming. We
> thank everybody who has got in touch with us or has tried to. No
> greater joy do we have - or would he have had - to be so re-assured
> that he impacted not just our family but the lives of thousands,
> even millions of other people in Ekitiland, Nigeria and the rest of
> the world. Even in transition to the glorious arms of our Lord
> and Saviour Jesus Christ, we hope and trust that fond memories of
> his illustrious life will continue to inspire people.
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> Our now late Patriarch was known to have lived a simple life, and
> his burial will be kept so and dignified. Within days of the
> arrival of his body from abroad,he will be interned at Ode-Ekiti,
> further details of which will be released in the coming days. In
> the meantime, we urge you to pray for us all as we plan these
> details; that as we mourn with dignity as Christians with hope, God
> in His mercy will grant all of us strength, and journeying mercies
> to all who from far and near will travel to physically witness our
> Patriarch's final celebration here on Earth. He will be watching
> from Heaven, praise God!
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> Signed: Professor Mobolaji E. Aluko
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> February 9, 2012
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