Abubakar
Momoh, prominent Nigerian civil society leader and director general of the
Independent National Electoral Commission’s Electoral Institute, has died.
Mr. Momoh, a
professor, who sat on the board of several nongovernmental organisations, died
early Monday, his associates said.
His
associate and lawyer, Abdul Mahmoud, confirmed the development.
“It’s true,
I have just spoken to his brother-in-law,” he wrote on his Facebook Page..
Until his
death, Mr. Abubakar was the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Lagos
State University, LASU.
“Mr.
Abubakar obtained PhD in political theory and began his lecturing career in
1988,” his profile published by the African Leadership Centre, says.
According to Saharareporters, He has
served on various boards and scientific committees including those of the
Centre for Democracy and Development, and Council for the Development of Social
Science Research in Africa.
He was the
national treasurer of the Academic Staff Union of Universities between 1991 and
1995.
He has been
a researcher and lecturer at many universities across the world, including
being visiting research fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of
Helsinki, Finland; fellow, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala
University, Sweden.
Mr. Momoh
has also been on several technical teams of the African Union Commission, and
most recently was involved in designing the African Governance Architecture and
elections bench-marking for the African Union.
He has also
served as an election observer to several African countries on behalf of ECOWAS
and African Union. He has also served as an election observer to some European
countries.
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