Kogi Speaker, Kolawole Commiserates With Kwara State Gov. Over His Father’s Demise

Kogi Speaker, Prince Matthew Kolawole Commiserates with Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq over the death of his father.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker in a statement issued on July 25, 2020, said the speaker described the death of Abdulrazaq’s father as a colossal loss to the state.

The statement said,” the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Prince Matthew Kolawole has received with grief the sad news of the demise of the father of  His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kwara state – Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Folohunsho AbdulRazaq (SAN) who died early this morning at the age of 93.

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He said it is devastating and painful to lose a loved one like a father who remained the pillar of the family until his departure into eternal rest this morning, describing his death at this time as a colossal loss to the state, the legal profession, and Nigeria at large.

According to records, Baba Abdulganiyu Folohunsho AbdulRazaq (SAN  served Nigeria as a special member of the Northern House of Assembly from 1960 – 1962 following the Country’s independence, he was also the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Ivory Coast between 1962 to 1964 and later, member of the Federal Parliament from 1964 to 1966 as the Federal Cabinet Minister of State for Transport, before he became the first Kwara State Commissioner of Finance, Health and Social welfare from 1967 – 1972 and Chairman, Nigeria body of Benchers until his demise.

He noted that death is an expected end of every mortal and enjoined Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and other family members to take solace in the words of Allah (SWT) which say for everything under the sun there is a time, a time to be born, and a time to die, urging them to uphold his legacy being the first Lawyer in Northern Nigeria and the first to establish a private secondary school in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital.

Rt. Hon. Prince Matthew Kolawole, on behalf of his family, the entire members of the 7th Assembly, management, and staff of the Kogi State House of Assembly, wish to commiserate with his immediate family, the Emir of Ilorin, HRH, Alh. Dr. Ibrahim Zulu Gambari, Government and people of Kwara State over the demise of their father and illustrious son, praying that God will grant them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

He, therefore, prayed Allah (SWT) to forgive the deceased and grant him eternal rest.