By our reporter| Sam Nda-Isiah, the Publisher of the Leadership newspapers, has died, aged 58.
A statement by his family posted on the website of the Leadership Newspaper, said Nda-Isiah died after a brief illness.
“Nda-Isaiah was a family man, a serial entrepreneur and visioner, and a passionate politician. He was, above all, a man of faith. Even in this moment of grief, we know he is in a better place,” the statement added.
Born in Minna, the Niger State capital (on May 1, 1962), Nda-Isaiah had his early education in UNA Elementary School before switching over to the Christ Church School, Kaduna in 1968 where he completed his primary education.
He attended the Federal Government College, Kaduna, from 1974 to 1979. He later studied Pharmacy at the Obafemi Awolowo University and did his National Youth Service Corps programme at the Ekiti State General Hospital in 1984.
Fondly called ‘Sam’, Nda-Isaiah is an alumnus of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
He began his working career as a pharmacist at the Kano Specialist Hospital before he moved to the General Hospital, Minna, after which he joined Pfizer Products Limited from 1985 to 1989.
He was also a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on whose platform he contested for presidential ticket in 2014.
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