By Atoyebi Nike
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condoled with the family of Chief (Mrs.) Leila Euphemia Apinke Fowler, a lawyer, renowned educationist, and founder of the Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, Lagos, who passed away on Monday at the age of 92.
In a statement issued by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the President described Fowler’s death as a major loss to her family, the education sector, and the nation at large.
Tinubu commended her pioneering role in girl-child education, noting that through the establishment of Vivian Fowler Memorial College, she laid a strong foundation for academic excellence and empowered generations of young women.
“Her legacy lives on in the thousands of lives she transformed. The nation is grateful for her remarkable impact. She will be fondly engraved in our minds,” the President stated.
Tinubu extended condolences to the Fowler family, friends, associates, the students and management of Vivian Fowler Memorial College, and the people of Lagos State. He prayed for the repose of her soul and for God’s comfort upon all who mourn her.
Chief Fowler, who held the traditional title of Yeye Mofin of Lagos, was the mother of Babatunde Fowler, former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
