The Niger Government has declared a three-day mourning in honour of late former governor Abdulkadir Kure of the state.
The state Commissioner for Information, Jonathan Vatsa, announced this in a statement in Minna yesterday.
The government also directed that all flags should be at hoisted at half-mast throughout the state during the mourning period.
According to Vatsa, Gov. Abubakar Bello, has also declared a work-free day on the day of the burial of the former governor to enable all Nigerlites accord the departed leader a befitting burial.
He recalled that the intervention of the deceased during the recent labour crisis in the state was not only legendary but showed him as an elder statesman whose main concern was for the good, progress and unity of the state.
The state Commissioner for Information, Jonathan Vatsa, announced this in a statement in Minna yesterday.
The government also directed that all flags should be at hoisted at half-mast throughout the state during the mourning period.
According to Vatsa, Gov. Abubakar Bello, has also declared a work-free day on the day of the burial of the former governor to enable all Nigerlites accord the departed leader a befitting burial.
He recalled that the intervention of the deceased during the recent labour crisis in the state was not only legendary but showed him as an elder statesman whose main concern was for the good, progress and unity of the state.
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