Gombe Governor Commiserates With NUJ Vice President, Alhassan Over Father’s Death

By Idris Shehu Zarge

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has commiserated with the vice president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Zone ‘E’, Comrade Alhassan Yahaya over the demise of his father, Alhaji Yahaya Abdullahi, popularly known as Yaya Guza who died today in Gombe after a protracted illness.

Governor Yahaya, in a condolence message signed by Ismaila Uba Misilli, DG, Press Affairs , described the deceased as a disciplined and forthright father as well as family pillar who lived an exemplary life and remained a source of inspiration for his children until his death.

He said Alhaji Yaya’s death is a great loss, not only to his immediate family but to the state as well, consoling Comrade Alhassan Yahaya and other members of the family of the deceased to take solace in the fact that their late father lived a life of service to Almighty Allah and community.

Governor Yahaya prayed Almighty Allah to forgive the deceased’s shortcomings and reward his good deeds with Aljannat Firdaus.