Popular economic analyst, Henry Boyo dies at 72

Nigerian economic analyst and popular columnist, Henry Boyo, has died.

Boyo was 72 at the time of his death.

He was reported to have died on Monday after a brief illness.

He was a popular critic of the government’s policies on the economy.

The home of the late Boyo in the Ikeja area of Lagos was, on Tuesday, a beehive of activities as friends, neighbours, and colleagues were on the ground to condole with his family.

Boyo, who maintained a regular Monday back page column with Daily Independent, focusing on the economy, was described by many as a generous, humble, hardworking, and straightforward person.

Until his death, the late Boyo was a member of the editorial board as well as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Independent Newspapers.