Roll call of dignitaries as Gov Ahmed buries mother in-law

Date: 2016-07-25

It was a roll call of who is who as the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed buried his mother in-law in the far away Ibadan, the largest city in West Africa and capital of Oyo State.

Representative of the wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari and the wife of the former Chief of Army Staff, Hajia Maryam Salihu Ibrahim and wife of the Senate President, Barrister Toyin Saraki were among dignitaries that graced the occasion. Others in attendance included; wives of Governors of Osun, Oyo, Ogun, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kogi, Edo, wife of former governors of Lagos and Osun States and former Deputy Governor of Lagos state.

Some other dignitaries at the event included the Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisira; Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly; former Minister of Sports, Alhaji Bolaji Abdullahi; former Governor, Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former Oyo Deputy Governor, Taofeeq Arapaja.

Some members of the National Assembly, state executive council, Local Government Chairmen and top government functionaries including Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Dr. Rhoda Ajiboye; her counterparts in the Ministry of Works, Alhaji Amuda Alabi and General Services, Governor's Office Alhaji A. R. Ayinla.

Others were executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kwara chapter, General Managers of parastatals including the General Manager, The Herald Newspapers, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Adebayo, the General Manager, Radio Kwara, Alhaji Abdulateef Adebowale Adedeji, the General Manager, KWASSA, Alhaji Ahmed Olufadi, General Manager, KWARMA, Engineer Baba Jibril, friends and family of the late Mrs. Janet Monilola Akinleye.

Bodija Estate Baptist Church, Ibadan, venue of the funeral and outing services for late mother of wife of the Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Janet Monilola Akinleye was filled to capacity with these dignitaries who came from far and near. In his remark, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed charged the family to let the way of life of the late Mrs. Akinleye be their guiding principle.

The governor said the deceased lived a fulfilled life and charged the family not to mourn but celebrate her good life. Governor Ahmed also prayed God to continue to guide those she left behind on the straight path.

Earlier in his sermon, officiating minister, Reverend Olu Olajide charged people to shun worldly affairs and be more concerned about the day of reckoning. He charged those in position of authority to learn from those who were no longer in power to understand the vanity of life.

Reverend Olajide urged them not to abuse the privilege God had given them and to remember no soul shall take anything to heaven when death comes. The remains of the deceased was later committed to mother earth in Oba cemetery in the suburb of Ibadan amidst wails and tears.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Al-Adaby     Tinubu     Students Union Government     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Saidu Isa     Usman Alkali Baba     Lateef Fagbemi     Chief Imam Of Offa     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Kazeem Gbolagade     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Baba Idris     Musa Alhassan Buge     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Henry Olaosebikan     Yahaya Muhammad     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     ANCOPPS     Local Government Pension Board     Garment Factory     Democracy Day     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Sanusi Abubakar     Sam Okaula     Ogbondoroko     Doyin Agbamu     Laolu Saraki     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Adijat Adebiyi     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Olatunji Ibrahim     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Radio SBS     Adeola Abraham     Baboko Primary School     Omupo     Quareeb     Ekiti     Abubakar Imam     Ibrahim Taiwo     Oyin-Zubair     Saraki     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Bolaji Abdullahi     Ajibike Katibi     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Akeem Lawal     Atiku     Ben Duntoye     Modupe Oluwole     Kuliyan Geri     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Sadiq Buhari     Oko     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Simon Sayomi     Ilorin West     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Mustapha Akanbi     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Kwasu     Odolaye Aremu     Charles Ibitoye     Salary     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Abraham Ojo     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Babata     Salihu Ajia     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Danhawa     Amule    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Moronfoye     Nurudeen Mohammed     Marufat Oladosu     Akanji     Kawu     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Ayoade Akinnibosun     KWASSIP     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Ahmed \'Lateef     Busari Toyin Isiaka     CUTI     HICA     Sherif Sagaya     Ibrahim Labaika     School Of Nursing     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Paul Olawoore     Florence Saraki     Wasiu Onidugbe     Raymond Olaitan     General Hospital, Offa     Monsurat Omotosho     Abraysports FC     Bisi Oyeleke     Ghali Muhammed     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Oro Grammar School     Sola Saraki University     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Bayo Ojo     Aliyu Muyideen     High Court     Magaji Are     Razak Atunwa     Valsolar     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Afetu Of Alabe     Young Progressives Party     Valsolar Consortium     Ali Ahmad     Wale Oladepo     Abubakar Atiku     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Erubu     Kola Bukoye     Convocation Ceremonies     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Minister     Gani Saadu     Saliu Oluwole     Binta Abubakar Mora     Adaramaja     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Tuesday Assayomo     Diagnostic Centre     Ayobami Seriki     Offorjama     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Ganmo     Afeyin-Olukuta     Saliu Tunde Bello     Abubakar Aliagan     Marafan Shonga     Budo Egba     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Apaola     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Funke Adedoyin     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Asa     Sheikh Ariyibi     Bamidele Aluko     Bola Shagaya