Professor Grace Alele-Williams, Nigeria’s first VC dies at 89

Professor Grace Alele-Williams, Nigeria’s first VC dies at 89

Professor Grace Alele-Williams is dead. Professor Grace who was Nigeria’s first female Vice Chancellor died at the age of 89. A professor of mat

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Professor Grace Alele-Williams is dead.

Professor Grace who was Nigeria’s first female Vice Chancellor died at the age of 89.

A professor of mathematics, she gained prominence after she was appointed the vice-chancellor of the prestigious University of Benin in 1985.

Her tenure witnessed a drastic reduction in cultism, a menace in UNIBEN at the time.

Before her appointment as vice-chancellor, she made history as the first Nigerian woman to obtain a doctorate degree in Mathematics education in 1963, a rare feat in the sixties.

The circumstances surrounding her death is still unclear as at the time of filing this report