President Bola Tinubu, his wife Oluremi, and Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, joined other Nigerians to bid farewell to the mother of Minister of Women’s Affairs, Uju Ohanenye in Anambra Friday.
The 87- year- old, late Chief Mrs Winnie Uzoh-Ebeze (new Igweze) was buried Friday in her hometown of Umanaga, a village in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State
Other dignitaries who celebrated the octogenarian in death, at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, included one of the pillars of the All Progressives Congress APC in the Southeast, Chief Modestus Umenzekwe; former Minister of Women’s Affairs, Iyom Josephine Anenih
Others were, Shuaib Abubarka-Minister of State; Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa saw represented by Hadiza Ali.
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was represented by Anambra’s First Lady, D. Mrs Nonye Soludo.
In his tribute, Soludo who represented the President also, said the only debt the Minister owed her mother was such a befitting burial.
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He said the people of Nigeria and indeed, Anambra were equally mourning the late mother of the Minister, adding that she lived a life of emulation.
The Minister of Women’s Affairs, Uju Ohanenye, described her mother as unique and a mother to all.
The mother, according to her, spoke Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Efik, and impeccable English, adding, “We will miss her greatly.”
Senator Joy Emodi; Minister of Works, Dave Umahi; Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah: Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, consoled the Minister, saying, the deceased lived a selfless 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.