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.

Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Diagnostic Centre     Hauwa Nuru     Joseph Offorjama     KWACOBPA     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Village Alive Development Association     Razak Atunwa     Femtech     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Alabi Lawal     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Abubakar Usman Jos     Neo Mundo Ltd     Shuaib Jawondo     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Kazeem Oladepo     Sola Saraki University     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Monkey Pox     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Isapa     Olokoba Sulyman     Haleeman Salman     Omu-aran     Turaki Of Ilorin     Alaiye     Mustapha Akanbi     Sheikh Ariyibi     Durosinlohun Kawu     Oke-Ode     Overland     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     David Oyedepo     Lawal Jimoh     Shururat Olatinwo     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     International Aviation College     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Sulu Gambari     Saliu Oluwole     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     REO CAKES     Rihanat Ajia     Ajakaye     Ayo Adeyemi     Aliyu Muyideen     Haliru Yahaya     Ben Duntoye     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Alfa Belgore     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Idofin     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Al-Adaby     NIPR     Bukola Saraki     Offa Poly     James Ayeni     Kwara TV     John Mayokun Dada     Hassanat Bello     Memunat Monsuma     Alore     Oluranti Idowu     Saad Belgore     Ayo Salami     Democracy Day     Ramat Oganija     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Kawu Baraje     Awoye     Cassava Growers\' Association     Shade Omoniyi     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Talaka Parapo     Isapa     UNIFEMGA     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     CT Ayeni     Bola Tinubu     Olatinwo     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Ilorin South     Ganiyu Taofiq     Chief Imam Of Offa     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Apado     Saheed Popoola     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Ishaq Oloyede     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Bareke     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Saliu Mustapha     Peculiar Allowance     Olaitan Buraimoh     Kwara 2015     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Tsaragi-Share     Bola Shagaya     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Lanre Olosunde     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Okiki     Lateef Alagbonsi     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     TESCOM 2025     Umar Danladi Shero     Undergraduate Bursary     John Olajide Adedipe     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Press Release     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Idofin     Awodun     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     IESA     Florence Saraki     SAPZ Project     CKNG     Sheriff Shagaya     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ajase-Ipo     Funmilayo Mohammed     Ishola Abdullahi     Henry Makinwa     Elesie Of Esie     Jimba Babatunde     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Olusegun Adeniyi     Mohammed Kamaludeen     KWSIEC     Kwara State Football Association     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Tunji Oyawoye     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     New Nigeria People’s Party     High Court     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Ahmed Alhasssan     Kwara 2019     Yakubu Dogara     Solomon Edoja     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Ilorin Muslim Community     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Bayo Onimago