Sheila Mary, widow
of Nigeria’s late foremost academician and social crusader, Dr. Tai Solarin is
dead.
The English-born
woman who founded the renowned Mayflower School with her husband in Ikenne,
Ogun State, died this morning at Babcock University Teaching Hospital in
Sagamu.
In recognition of
their efforts towards ensuring that more people have formal education, the
Solarins have received several awards and recognition, locally and
internationally.
Sheila was knighted
and awarded the Member of British Empire (MBE) in 2007 by Queen Elizabeth.
Two state-owned
tertiary institutions were named after Dr. Solarin. They are; Tai Solarin
University of Education (TASUED), Ijebu-Ode and Tai Solarin College of
Education ((TASCE), Omu-Ijebu.
The late Mr and Mrs
Solarin left behind two children, Corin and Tunde. Funeral arrangements for the
late educator will be announced soon.
Amosun mourns the
late educator
Ogun State governor,
Ibikunle Amosun, has mourned the death of Mrs Sheila Solarin, the widow of the
late founder of Mayflower School, Ikenne, social critic and educationist, Dr
Tai Solarin, who passed away today, 21st of October, 2012 at the age of 82.
In a press statement
signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Funmi Wakama, Amosun
described the demise of Mrs Solarin as most painful and a great loss to Ogun
State and Nigeria in general.
According to the
governor “Mama Solarin was a foremost educationist, a great teacher and
disciplinarian who rendered an immeasurable service to the people of Ogun State
and Nigeria through the Mayflower School. The school founded in 1956 became one
of the best schools in the country and has produced many of the leading lights
in our nation.
“Mrs Solarin was an
exampler of that much-needed global spirit that sees beyond colour, race and
religion in inter-relationships among peoples, nations and continents of the
world,” the governor said.
She was said to have
died at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital ,Ilishan Remo Ogun state while her remains has been deposited at the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, was survived by two children
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