41-Year-old course participant found dead at NIPSS hostel

Felix N. Ugwu, one of the participants of the Policy Strategy and Leadership Course (PSLC) at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State, is dead.

The deceased was among the 26 participants who were attending the programme from Enugu State.

PSLC 41 commenced on September 6, 2021 and is expected to end on September 30, 2021.

Alongside other participants, he had arrived at the hostel on Wednesday but he was found dead the following day.

Confirming the unfortunate incident, Nasirdeen Usman, a directing staff for Short Courses, said the late participant was before his death, Director Finance and Accounts in the Accountant General’s Office, Enugu.

“We regret to inform the National Institute community of the sad demise of a Participant of the Policy Strategy and Leadership Course (PSLC) diet 41, Mr Felix N. Ugwu.

​”Late Mr Felix Ugwu, a Participant sponsored by the Enugu State Government, arrived for the course on Wednesday evening, 8 September 2021, and was found dead in his hostel accommodation at NIPSS the following day, Thursday, September 9, 2021.

“The Ag. DG of NIPSS, Brig Gen CFJ Udaya (rtd) mni, deeply condoles with the PSLC 41 participants and the NIPSS community on this sad incident. He also sends condolences on behalf of the National Institute to the Enugu State Government on the loss of the illustrious personnel,” he said.

Established in 1979, NIPSS is Nigeria’s foremost leadership institute.

Courtesy Daily Trust