BREAKING: ONDO COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH IS DEAD
Ondo State Commissioner of Health, Wahab Adegbenro, has died at age 65.
A family source told newsmen today that he died of COVID- 19 complications State’s infectious disease hospital on Today.
“I still saw him on Monday, I never knew that was the last time I would set my eyes on you alive,” the source said.
His death comes two days after Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, announced he had tested positive for COVID- 19.
The late Adegbenro is a native of Ilara-Mokin, in Ifedore Local Government Area of the State.
He was a member of the Nigeria Medical Association, a member of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, Associate Member, Royal College of General Practitioners of London, and a member of Nigeria Guild of Medical Directors.
He established Crown Hospital, Akure where he was the Chief Medical Director.
Wahab was appointed the Vice-Chairman, Ondo State Committee on Sports for the Disabled from 1997 to 1999, and later chairman of the Committee from 1999 to 2002.
He was Director, Ondo State Waste Management Board from 1999 to 2002 before he was appointed a Commissioner in Ondo State and was in charge of Culture and Tourism, and later the Ministry of Health.
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