Advertising expert Tolu Ogunkoya, who died on April 25, 2023 in the United Kingdom at the age of 60, will be buried on June 7, his family has said.
The funeral plans announced on Wednesday show there will be a service of songs on June 6 at a branch of The Redeemed Christian Church of God in Stratford, London.
The interment will be held in Essex.
In Lagos, a night of tributes will be held on June 13 while a commendation service will follow on June 15.
Ogunkoya, the regional chief executive officer of Media Reach OMD, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in political science from the University of Ilorin in 1988. He then pursued an advertising career which kicked off at Insight Grey followed by SO&U Saatchi & Saatchi.
In the last 27 years, he was on several executive education programmes at Ashridge in the United Kingdom where he had his post-graduate studies in general management.
He was the president of MIPAN (Media Independents Practitioners Association of Nigeria), the body that has all leading media agencies operating in Nigeria registered in its fold. Ogunkoya was inducted as a fellow registered practitioner in advertising (frpa) by APCON in recognition of his contributions to the advertising industry. He was on the APCON council before his death.
He was also a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria.
