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Borisade, aviation reformist dies at 71

Former Aviation Minister, Professor Babalola Borisade is dead. According to family sources, Borisade died in the early hours of Wednesday in the United Kingdom (UK). He was aged 71.
He was initially rushed to Reddington Hospital in Lagos, last week from where he was taken to London. The cause of death was lung and heart –related.Borishade was born in Usi- Ekiti on March 7, 1946 into the Ebi Ilotin family.
He served as a minister for four times, between 1999-2011. The electrical engineer was also a teacher and a political strategist.
Between February 2001 and May 2003, he served as the Minister of Education.
In recognition of his contributions to Education in Nigeria, Africa and the World at large, Borishade was elected the Vice- Chairman of the E9 Group of the United Nations, President of the UNESCO International Conference on Education, as well as Chairman Education for All (EFA) Forum of African Ministers of Education.
In 2004, Borishade was appointed as Minister of State, Power and Steel. He initiated the ‘Gas to Power Project (G2P), a World Bank sponsored project designed to ensure sustained gas development and availability for power production to meet Nigerian electricity demands.

Between July 2005 and November 2006, Borishade was Minister of Aviation, during which a Civil Aviation Bill was passed to replace the 1964 Act and the direct flight between Nigeria and the United States of America was restored.
His initiation of various reforms and development in the aviation sector resulted in Nigeria scoring 93 per cent in the ICAO Universal Audit which made Nigeria a benchmark to African Aviation Industry.
Borisade was committed to reforming the aviation industry after two devastating planes crashes involving Bellview B737-300 in Lisa, Ogun State and Sosoliso plane crash in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State killing over 200 passengers.
The crashes sparked anger in the land and made former President Olusegun Obasanjo to convoke a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja to find solution to the danger posed to aviation by the incessant falling of aircraft from the sky.
He wept profusely when he visited the scene of Bellview crash and promised that never would Nigeria experience the type of crashes that happened in quick succession and casting a big gloom on the sector.
The reform prompted sack of many top officials of the aviation agencies with the replacement of Engr.Fidelix Onyeyiri as the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) with Dr. Harold Olusegun Demuren.
The duo helped to bring sanity to the beleaguered aviation sector and helped to restore confidence in the sector as the country went six years without any incident.