AKWA IBOM GOVT DECLARES FRIDAY AS WORK FREE-DAY IN HONOUR OF LATE FIRST LADY
In remembrance of the late First Lady Patience Eno, the Akwa Ibom State Government has announced Friday, November 29, 2024, as a day off from work.
The decision is to allow Akwa Ibomites and other well-wishers to pay their final respects to the deceased First Lady, according to a statement made Wednesday in Uyo, the state capital, by Enobong Uwah, Secretary to the State Government.
“Further to the final home-going programme of our departed First Lady, Her Excellency, Pastor (Mrs) Patience Umo Eno, the Akwa Ibom State Government, in consultation with the bereaved family, has declared Friday, November 29, 2024, a work-free day in honour of our dear mother,” the statement read.
“This is to enable Akwa-Ibomites to pay their last respect to our mother at her obsequies in Ikot Ekpene Udo, Nsik Ubuim Local Government Area of the state on that day.
“May the gentle soul of our departed First Lady find repose in the bosom of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.”
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