President Bola Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi, along with Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, were among the prominent figures who bid farewell to the late Chief Mrs. Winnie Uzoh-Ebeze (new Igweze), the mother of the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Uju Ohanenye, in Anambra on Friday, October 6.
The 87-year-old was laid to rest in her hometown of Umanaga, a village in Awka South local government area of Anambra State.
Dignitaries, including Chief Modestus Umenzekwe, a key figure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southeast, and former Minister of Women’s Affairs, Iyom Josephine Anenih, gathered to honour the octogenarian at the Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
Shuaib Abubarka, Minister of State for Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, was represented by Hadiza Ali.
Anambra’s First Lady, Nonye Soludo represented Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, at the event.
In his eulogy, Soludo, representing the President, emphasized that the Minister’s only obligation to her mother was a fitting burial.
He conveyed that the nation and Anambra, in particular, grieved the passing of the Minister’s mother, highlighting her admirable life.
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The Minister of Women’s Affairs, Uju Ohanenye, fondly remembered her mother as a unique figure and a maternal figure to many.
He noted her mother’s proficiency in languages and expressed the immense loss felt by her passing.
Senator Joy Emodi, Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, and Senator Orji Uzor Kalu extended their condolences to the Minister, acknowledging the deceased’s life of dedicated service.
The wife of Imo state Governor, Chief Chioma Uzodimma, in her tribute, said she lived a life of dedicated service to humanity and would be missed by those whose lives she affected in positive ways.