President Jonathan condoles with Dangote over the loss of his brother

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has expressed his sympathy with the Chairman of Dangote group, Aliko Dangote over the loss of his brother, Garba Dangote and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Ayogu Eze over the death of his mother, Paulina Omadaja Eze.

Read his full text below:

President Goodluck Jonathan commiserates with Nigeria’s leading entrepreneur, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on the death of his eldest brother, Alhaji Garba Dangote yesterday in Kano.

The President joins Alhaji Dangote and members of his family in praying that Almighty Allah will receive his late brother’s soul and grant him eternal rest in Paradise.

The President similarly commiserates with the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Senator Ayogu Eze on the death of his mother, Mrs. Paulina Omadaja Eze.

As he mourns his late mother, President Jonathan urges Senator Eze to be comforted by the knowledge that she lived a long and very fulfilled life of notable accomplishments in agriculture, entrepreneurship and community leadership.

The President assures Senator Eze of his full sympathy and support as he prepares to lay his mother to rest at Umuida, Enugu State next month.