Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has said the late Mrs. Hannah Awolowo lived an exemplary life and provided great lessons for discerning minds.
In a condolence message yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose described her death as “the loss of the real conscience of the Oodua nation, an end of an era and the fall of the biggest iroko tree in the forest of the Yoruba land.”
Fayose noted that HID’s untiring efforts at building and sustaining the unity of the Yoruba nation and ensuring its worthy pride of place within the context of Nigeria’s federal structure will be sorely missed by all.
According to him, Mama Awolowo not only wrote her name in gold in the history of the Yoruba race and Nigeria at large but proved truly that behind a successful man, there must be a good woman.
Fayose said: “After the demise of her husband, Mama stood tall to carry on with the great legacies of Baba Awolowo.
“Even when the vicissitudes of life brought some challenging issues across her path, despite that there was no Baba to lean on, she stood like a rock.
“Mama Awolowo’s life was not only exemplary but one that provided great lessons of life to the discerning mind.
“She has fought a good fight. She came and conquered. She left footprints in the sands of time and she has gone to a deserved rest.”