By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11
The former Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Dr. Bashir Gwandu, has lost his mother, Hajiya Aisha Gwandu.
Dr. Gwandu, a former Executive Commissioner and acting EVC of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed that his mother passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday afternoon in Kebbi State.
Gwandu said: “I have just received the news of the passing of my mother and I pray that Allah would forgive her and grant her Al-Jannah Firdauss".
Hajiya Gwandu died at a hospital in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital. Among her children were the Technical Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum, Engr. Umar Gwandu; and the Project Manager at Kebbi Health Project, Dr Jibril Gwandu.
She is survived by many other children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Sources within the Gwandu’s said prayer (Janaiza) for the their late matriarch was held on Wednesday morning, March 13, 2024, by 10:00am at the Emir’s palace in Birnin Kebbi. Her interment followed immediately at the cemetery. NNL.
