Buhari,36 Governors and 60 Bishops for HID Awolowo Burial

                                


President Buhari , 36 Governors, and 60 bishops will attend the burial ceremony of late Mrs HID Awolowo, the co- founder of African Newspaper of Nigeria PLC on the 25th of November .
This was disclosed by the secretary of  Ogun state government Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, at a press conference organised by the media-sub committee of the HID Awolowo Burial Central Planning Committee to reel out programmes slated for her burial.

 The conference was jointly addressed by the Chairman of the HID Awolowo Central Planning Committee, Ambassador (Dr) Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, Reverend (Mrs) Tola Oyediran, the chairman, media sub-committee, Chief Taiwo Alimi and the Managing Director of Tribune titles, Mr.Edward Dickson. ‎Adeoluwa said that invitation letters had been dispatched to the Presidency and that the state governors had equally been invited through the secretaries to the state governments. 

The SSG noted that the late Yeye Oodua deserved a befitting burial because of the motherly role she played in the history of the nation. Adeoluwa said further that the state government had dedicated November 23 as a special day of tributes in honour of Chief (Mrs) Awolowo. He said that the event would hold at the Sagamu International Stadium, Sagamu, between noon and 4.00 p.m. Adeoluwa added that people from different zones of the state were expected at the programme.

 "The Ogun State government is involved in everything. We are powering the events. We are fully involved in the programmes. Mama belonged to everybody, not just the Yoruba. The governor is the chief mourner. On Monday, 23rd November, Ogun State government and people will be celebrating the matriarch of the Awolowo family and bid her farewell. "The governor will be hosting his brother governors. Letters have been dispatched to 35 state governors and to the president; that they should come and honour mama. It will be an afternoon of tributes from the governors."