Former Minister for health, Babatunde Osotimehin, has died

Former Minister of Health and the Executive Director of the United Nations Populations Fund, UNFPA, Babatunde Osotimehin, has died. According to Family sources, he died in the early hours of today June 5th after a protracted illness.

68 year old Osotimehin was also a former Director General of the National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA).

He was a one time Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. He was appointed the new Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for a four-year term on November 19th 2010 and afterwards reappointed for another term. May his soul rest in peace Amen.