Ex-minister Turner Isoun is dead
He described his death as a huge loss to the Ijaw nation, the state and the country at large, Recalling his pioneering role as the first vice chancellor of the then University of Science and Technology (now Rivers State University), Port Harcourt, in the old Rivers state, Mr Diri said the late Isoun laid solid foundations for the country’s first university of science and technology and went on to engender an ICT “revolution” in the country during his tenure as a minister.
Mr Isoun, who served as minister of science and technology during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was acknowledged as a driving force behind the country’s space and ICT revolution.
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has expressed sadness over the passing of a former Minister of Science and Technology, Turner Isoun.
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