
The Senate on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to late Deputy Chief Whip of the Home of Representatives Oriyomi Adewunmi Onanuga.
The Pink Chamber noticed a minute silence and adjourned plenary in honour of Hon Onanuga.
The Senate additionally resolved its President, Senator Godswill Akpabio will lead a delegation comprised of principal officers to pay a condolence go to on Speaker Tajudeen Abbas over the demise of Hon. Onanuga.
The resolutions of the Senate adopted a movement by Senate Chief Opeyemi Bamidele, at plenary.
Bamidele in his lead debate, stated: “It’s with profound feeling of grief and a heavy coronary heart that I announce the rationale why we can’t truly proceed with the enterprise of the day which is formally announce the premature demise of Hon Oriyomi Onanuga which occurred on Tuesday January 15, 2025 after a quick sickness at College School Hospital, Ibadan.”
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Chief Of Whip of the Senate, Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, Chief Whip, Mohammed Tahir Monguno, Senator Shuaib Salisu and Senator Gbenga Daniel additionally eulogised the late Hon. Onanuga.
“For her to have handed on at a young age of 59 years is a good loss to the Nation and her household. We’d have simply noticed a minute silence in her honour and shut, however we determined to provide alternatives to our members to eulogise her,” Akpabio stated.