The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has expressed deep sympathy and commiserated with the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, over the demise of his wife, Mrs Patience Umo-Eno.
Yahaya in a press statement signed by Director-General Press Affairs Gombe Government House Ismaila Misilli, on Friday on behalf of the 19 Northern Governors, conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the government and the people of Akwa Ibom State during this period of immense grief.
He described the Akwa Ibom First Lady as a woman of great virtue, a loving mother, and a pillar of strength to her family and the state, “her demise has created a huge vacuum that will be difficult to fill, not only within her immediate family but across the state where her influence was deeply felt,” the statement said.
The NSGF Chairman consoled Governor Umo Eno to take solace in the divine will of God and the cherished memories of his late wife, praying God Almighty to “grant the bereaved family and the entire Akwa Ibom people the fortitude to bear this great loss, and for the peaceful repose of the soul of the deceased.”
