Samuel Olaiya Oni | |
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Minister of Education | |
In office August 1998 – June 1999 | |
President | Abdulsalami Abubakar |
Personal details | |
Born | 1941 |
Died | 2015 Akure, the Ondo state |
Samuel Olaiya Oni (1941–2015) was a Nigerian academic and politician who was the Minister of Education from August 1998 to June 1999 during the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar. [1] He formerly served as the Secretary to the State Government of Ondo State, [2] and a pioneer Chairman of the Labour Party. [3] Oni died in 2015 in Akure, Ondo State.