Governor Okowa with Mrs Susan Onosode, widow of
the late Gamaliel Onosode
The
Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has described the late
industrialist and boardroom guru, Deacon Gamaliel Oforitsenere Onosode as a
gift to Delta State and Nigeria as a country.
He
stated this on Friday when he paid a condolence visit to the Onosode’s family
at their Surulere residence in Lagos. Okowa, who poured encomiums on the man
popularly called Mr Integrity, admonished the widow, Mrs Susan Onosode and
other members of the family not to weep for too long but to give thanks
and praises to God for giving such a wonderful person to the family, Delta
State and the country.
“The event of the
passing of our beloved daddy, no doubt is painful, but I would advise that this
is not the time to cry but rather a time to give praises and thanks to God for
giving us somebody like him.
“His
name will continue to resonate in the mind of all Nigerians as a man of
integrity. The Corporate world will continue to remember him and he lived his
life to the glory of God. He is a vessel of honour and we are all proud of him.
So we thank God for his life and for giving him to us”.
Okowa,
in a response to the family’s request for an enabling environment when the
events for the funeral rites will begin later in October, assured that the
state will not only provide adequate security but also be part of the funeral
activities.
Earlier,
Okowa had signed the condolence register where he wrote: “Our Daddy, an accomplished
technocrat, man of integrity, and a gift to Delta and Nigeria. He was a vessel
of honour to us all in Delta State. Adieu, our good father”.
The
Governor was accompanied by the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt
Hon Monday Igbuya; Delta State Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP),
Chief Edwin Uzor; Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Barr John Nani and the
Principal Secretary to the Governor, Hon Hilary Ibegbulem.
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