Gamaliel Offoritsenere Onosode is Dead

Born May 22, 1933, Onosode was  a technocrat, administrator and a former presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party of Nigeria.

He was boardroom player in Nigeria’s corporate environment, a former Presidential Adviser to President Shagari and a former President of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
Mr. Onosode reportedly died on Tuesday morning at Gold Cross Hospital, Ikoyi, Lagos after a protracted illness.

According to his official website, he studied at the Government College, Ughelli and the University of Ibadan. He emerged in the 1970s as one of Nigeria’s leading educated chief executives, when he was at the helm of NAL Merchant Bank of Nigeria.

Throughout his career, Dr. G. O. Onosode has chaired several private and public sector businesses and initiatives. He was the Chairman of Dunlop Nigeria Plc (1984-2007), a former Chairman of Cadbury Nigeria Plc (1977-93), the Presidential Commission on Parastatals (1981), Nigeria LNG Working Committee and Nigeria LNG Limited (1985-90) and the Niger Delta Environmental Survey (since 1995).