3rd April, 2014
Mother of Professor Jerry Gana, a former minister of information has died.
Madam Felicia Fatima Gana died at the ripe age of 95.
Many sympathisers have visited Gana to condole him at his residence in Abuja.
Among the sympathisers that visited him today were representatives of the Federal Ministry of Information, led by Mr Labaran Maku, the minister. The Permanent Secretary, Dr Yemi Folashade Esan and the directors of the ministry were also in the team.
“You left a good record in the Federal Ministry of Information, both in terms of the leadership and the human relations you provided. We were all very aggrieved and we felt that the passage of Mama was not just your loss but our collective loss,” he said.
Maku described the deceased as an exemplary mother who raised one of Nigeria’s best public servants in the person of Prof. Gana and his siblings.
The minister said that though the death of mama was a huge loss, the family should be consoled by the fact that she lived a life of devotion to God and service to humanity.
Maku therefore urged Prof. Gana to be consoled and strengthened by the long life she lived and the comfort and support she provided.
Prof. Jerry Gana thanked the management of the ministry for the condolence visit, saying the gesture had confirmed that “my public service home is the ministry of information”.