Music legend Victor Uwaifo is dead

<p>Music legend, Sir Victor Uwaifo has passed away. He was 80 years old.</p>, <p>In his lifetime, Uwaifo was a prolific songwriter, sculptor, music and instrument inventor.</p>, <p>Popularly known as ‘Guitar boy’, the legendary Nigerian died after a brief illness.</p>, <p>Uwaifo was honoured with the National Merit Honours of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON).</p>, <p>He was the country’s first Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism and winner of the first gold disc in Africa (Joromi), released in 1965.</p>, <p>Uwaifo obtained a B.A. Honors (first class valedictorian), Masters degree and Ph.D in Architectural Sculpture, University of Benin (UNIBEN).</p>, <p>The deceased lectured at the UNIBEN’s Department of Fine and Applied Art.</p>