VP Shettima to visit Akwa Ibom State

Timothy Choji, Uyo

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Vice President Kashim Shettima will today pay a visit to Akwa Ibom State, Southern Nigeria.

He is expected to join the State Governor, Umo Eno, at the funeral of the Governor’s wife, the late Patience Eno, who died in September this year.

The burial will take place at the hometown of the Governor, Ikot Ekpene.

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and 22 State Governors are also expected to attend the funeral, to pay their last respect to the late First Lady.

Wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Nana Shettima, will also represent Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, at the event.

Schools and public offices in the State are closed; as the State government declared today a public holiday in honour of the late First Lady.

Details later

 

 

 

 

 

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