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  • Gov. Bello Visits Bereaved Kogi NUJ Chairman, Urged Him To take heart

    Gov. Bello Visits Bereaved Kogi NUJ Chairman, Urged Him To take heart

    From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has charged the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kogi State Council, Comrade Adeiza Momohjimoh to take heart and be strong in order to take good care of his children and other dependants.

    Governor Yahaya Bello gave the charge on Saturday when he paid a condolence visit to Comrade Adeiza Momohjimoh over the death of his wife, Mallama Zainab Adeiza.

    The Governor who described death as a price every mortal must paid, urged the NUJ Chairman not to allow the death of his wife to weigh him down.

    He pointed out that death is inevitable, saying it would always come but as mortals no body know when it would come.

    The Governor said he was told of the illness of Late Mallama Zainab Adeiza, said he directed his personal physician to Intervene with the view to bearing all the expenses, but expressed sadness over her death.

    While expressing regrets that having directed late Mallama Zainab who was billed to be the first patient to go through a surgery at the State Reference Hospital Okene, described her death as one too many, urged the family to take solace in the fact that Late Mallama Zainab Adeiza, lived a fulfilled life.

    In his remarks, the NUJ Chairman, Comr. Adeiza Momohjimoh said the visit of the Governor would helped him recover from the despondency the death of his wife has caused, described his late wife as not only a wife but a mother.

    The Chief of Staff to the Governor , Pharm Abdulkareem Jamiu Asuku, offered prayers for the peaceful repose of the soul of the deceased, and for the family she left behind.

    The All Progressives Congress State Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello and the Special Assistant Media to the Governor, Dr. Yemi Kolapo were part of the Governor’s delegation.

  • Kogi Correspondent Chapel Condoles Kogi NUJ Chairman Over Demise Of Wife

    Kogi Correspondent Chapel Condoles Kogi NUJ Chairman Over Demise Of Wife

    From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    The Chairman, Kogi State Correspondent Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Friday Idachaba consoled the state chairman of NUJ, Jimoh Adeiza who loss his wife, Zainab to the cold hands of death on Friday morning at Abuja.

    Mrs Zainab Adeiza, 46, reportedly died in an Abuja Hospital after a protracted illness.

    A Statement issued by Chairman and secretary, NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel, Friday Idachaba and Oyibo Salihu described her death as “sad” and “shocking.”

    The chapel, while condolling Adeiza and family as well as the entire Kogi NUJ Chapter, prayed God to grant her soul an eternal rest with the Lord.

    In the same vein, Gov Yahaya Bello, on behalf of the people and government of Kogi State condoled the NUJ chairman and the entire family over the irreparable loss.

    Bello, in a statement issued on Friday in Lokoja by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Onogwu Muhammed, expressed sadness over the death and prayed God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest and give the family fortitude to bear the loss.

    “I was moved by the powerful message I received from the deceased’s husband, which showed the level of closeness between late Mrs Zainab and her husband.”

    ‘I hereby urge the NUJ chairman to put everything to prayer as it was only God that understands why He had to take her away at this point in time.’

    “As humans, no one could question the actions of God Almighty, more so that death is a necessary end even though mortals seek longevity of life to fulfill some of their desires”.

    “Mrs Zainab was no doubt a caring mother and pillar of support to her husband while she was alive. The rain of testimonies about her humility and selflessness no doubt endeared her to many, including her husband’s associates and professional colleagues, ” Bello noted.