President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has constituted a presidential delegation to attend the burial of late Chief Oluwole Awolowo, scheduled to hold on Friday 19th April 2013 at Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State. The delegation will be led by Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku.
Other members of the delegation are Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru; Minister of State (FCT), Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide; Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati and Special Adviser to the President on Research and Strategy, Mr. Oronto Douglas.
Jonathan had himself paid a personal condolence visit to the Awolowo family in Ikenne after Chief Awolowo’s death last month. While condoling Chief (Mrs.) HID Awolowo, he had urged her to accept her son’s passage as the unquestionable will of God Almighty, and assured her that he would continue to support and assist the Awolowo family in every possible way.
Until his death on Wednesday 26th March at the intensive care unit of Ward 3, South Wing of Wellington Hospital in St. John’s Wood, London, 70-year-old Oluwole was Publisher/Vice-Chairman of African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc (ANN), publishers of the Tribune Newspapers.
