President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of renowned Professor of Medicine, Ayodeji Femi-Pearce.
Prof. Femi-Pearse who founded the popular resort, Whispering Palms, in Badagry, passed away at the weekend. He was aged 86.
The President, in a condolence message issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday, condoled with the widow of the departed, Ibilola, and the entire Femi-Pearce family, friends and relations urging them to take solace in the fact that their patriarch left his footprints on the sands of time, serving meritoriously at the General Hospital, Lagos, and Lagos University Hospital, LUTH, among others.
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Buhari extolled the academic and professional achievements of the late Femi-Pearse noting that while combining medical practice with academics, Prof. Femi-Pearce was Acting Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, and later, Pro-Chancellor, Lagos State University, LASU, for four years.
“At retirement, he co-founded the leisure resort, Whispering Palms, which he managed with his wife.
“Tremendous impact was made on the host community through various social development interventions,’’ he said.
The President prayed God to grant rest to the soul of the deceased and urged those he left behind to keep his memory alive by preserving his legacies.
