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.

Apaola     Hassanat Bello     Funmi Salau     Ishaq Oloyede     AbdulRauf Keji     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Hussein Olokooba     Nurudeen Muhammed     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     ASKOMP     Post Utme     Kayode Issa     Okala Baba     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Ibrahim Gambari     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Congress For National Consensus     NAWOJ     Yekeen Alabi     Bond     Umar Danladi Shero     Tafida Of Ilorin     Ebola     Bayo Lawal     Medview Airlines     Yekini Adio     GANZY     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Aminu Adisa Logun     Kale Kawu     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Kwasu     General Hospital, Ilorin     NNPP     Ilesha-Gwanara     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Dorcas Afeniforo     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Ganmo     JSSCE     Muhammed Akanbi     Raimi Iyanda     Ilorin Muslim Community     Public Holiday     Lawal Olohungbebe     Salake     Atunwa     Amuda Aluko     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Kisira     Moro     Farouk Salim     Ariyo     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Musbau A. Akanji     Baba Issa Awoye     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Mohammed Danjuma     Kwarareports     Saad Omo\'ya     International Aviation College     Iyiola Oyedepo     Ramadan     Government High School Adeta     Local Government     Amasa     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Jelili Yusuf     Police Commissioner     Ballah     Amuda Musbau     CUTI     Bolakale Ayo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kola Shittu     Ali Ahmad     Fatai Olodo     Alikinla     Lafiagi     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Bilikisu Gambari     Galland Marcias     Lanre Badmus     Moses Adekanye     Taofeek Sanusi     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ajibike Katibi     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Balogun-Ojomu     Rasheed Jimoh     Sunday Otokiti     Yusuf Aiyedun     ENetSuD     Kayode Ogunlowo     Centre For Digital Economy     Orisa Bridge     Ibrahim Akaje     Okoolowo     Harafat E. Mukadam     Elewu     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Shade Omoniyi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     V.O. Abioye     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Adamu Attah     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Sebastine Obasi     Sulyman Tejidini     Ajike People Support Centre     Makama Of Ilorin     Ojuekun Sarumi     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     African Democratic Congress     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Saeedat Aliyu     Saad Omo\'ya     Adegoke Bamidele     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ayinde Oki     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Shoprite     Royal FM     Labour Party     Asa     Oko-Erin     Seni Saraki     Adesoye     Usman Alkali Baba     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Aisha Buhari     GANZY     Musibau Akanji     Communication Network Support Services     Ilorin Curfew     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     A.E. Afolabi     Riskat Opakunle     Taofik Mustapha     Eleja     Vasolar Consortium     Moronfoye