Former Minister of Information,
Jerry Gana, has said that Ex-Vice President Alex Ekwueme, paid an invaluable
price for the restoration and deepening of democracy in Nigeria.
Ekwueme who was Nigeria’s Vice
President between 1979 and 1983, died on Sunday in a London clinic, United
Kingdom.
However, in a statement issued on
Wednesday by Jerry Gana to condole with the Ekwueme family, the erstwhile
Minister said: “We received with profound sadness the news of the death of His
Excellency Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, GCON, and former Vice President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Dr. Ekwueme gave courageous
leadership and paid an invaluable price for the restoration and deepening of
democracy in Nigeria. His effort as an experienced political leader and founder
of the G34, contributed immensely to laying the foundation of modern democracy
in Nigeria. He was deep in thought; innovative with ideas; robust on integrity;
and gracious in human relations.
“Dr. Ekwueme excelled as an
inestimable patriot, a distinguished professional, an outstanding intellectual,
a successful businessman, and an astute politician. He will be mostly
remembered for his wise and farsighted counsels on our nationhood, especially
for proposing a more appropriate, effective and functional governance structure
for Nigeria.
“I join his family, other
associates and millions of well-wishers across the world, to mourn his painful
loss.”
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