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.

Yahaya Jibril Usman     Dorcas Afeniforo     Ronke Adeyemi     Taofeeq Olateju     Sherif Shagaya     Basit Olatunji     Adekunle David Dunmade     Asa LGEA School     Tanke     Ayinde Oki     Kale Belgore     TIIDELab     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Jumoke F. Ajao     Sam Okaula     Laolu Saraki     Vasolar Consultoria     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Bamidele Adegoke     Jaigbade Alao     Ekiti     Elesie Of Esie     Ajakaye     Sarah Jubril     Radio Kwara     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Ladi Hassan     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Saliu Oluwole     Issa Baba     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Deji Ajani     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Razaq Atunwa     Oyelere Oyinloye     Leke Ogungbe     Babata     Muhammed Aliyu     Afetu Of Alabe     Adebara     PharmAccess Foundation     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Abubakar Suleiman     Paul Odama     Kamaldeen Ajibade     IHS Towers     AIT Ilorin     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Local Government Pension Board     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Rotimi Atere     Nupe     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Funmilayo Oniwa     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Hassan Saliu     Imam Gambari     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Bisi Kristien     Mohammed Lawal     Frootify     Labaeka     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     CCT     Ahmed Bayero     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Nurudeen Mohammed     The Herald     Matthew Babaoye     Yahya Mohammed     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Bolaji Nagode     Rafiu Ajakaye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Aso Ofi     Emir Of Kano     Ejidongari     Wahab Issa     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Ajike People Support Centre     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Ijagbo Health Centre     Kazeem Oladepo     Offorjama     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Arinola Lawal     Babatunde Idiagbon     Sarah Jubril     Roheemat Hammed     Fatimat Saliu     NITDA     Agboola Babatunde     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Alfa Belgore     Ayo Salami     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     SUBEB     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     KWASIEC     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Kubra Kazum     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Bola Shagaya     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Awwal Jawondo     Paul Odama     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Ganmo     Ahmad Belgore     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Isiaka Gold     Hassanat Bello     Daud Adeshola     Mohammed Abduraheem     John Olajide Adedipe     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Toyin Sanusi     Yomi Ogunsola     Ridwan Agboola     Muhammad Yahya     Babaita     Fatimoh Lawal     Rotimi Atere     Zainab Abass     Isiaka Yusuf     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Dunmade     Adamu B. Yaqubu     National Party Of Nigeria     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Dogara     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Wahab Egbewole     Salaudeen Oyewale     Dagbalodo     Kwara State Pension Board     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Kisira     John Dara     Galland Marcias     Bank Of Industry     Valsolar Consultoria     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     MalHub     AbdulGafar Tosho