Edo State Government has
declared today, Friday, 17th of March as public holiday in honour of the late
Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, one of the patriarchs of the defunct Midwest
and the first and two-time governor of the then Bendel state who died in the
early hours of Thursday, 9th March 2017.
The holiday is to enable
Edo people mourn and pay their last homage to the great leader and father of
Edo and Delta state respectively.
A statement from the
Office of the Chief Press Secretary, Mr. John Mayaki said students are expected
to queue up in their uniforms at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium by 9am while
Civil Servants are expected to be seated for the Inter-denominational Church Service
at the same venue by 10am today.
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