The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has described the late Hajiya Memunat Jimada as a consummate public servant who placed her job first.
The minister said this on Saturday in Ilorin at the Fidau prayers for the deceased, a Deputy Director at the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
The minister recalled his last interaction with the deceased before she died.
The minister noted that the large turn out of people at the prayer attested to the good character and person of the deceased.
He prayed Allah to grant her Aljanah Firdaus , console her parent and take care of the children she left behind.
The Director-General of NBC, Ishaq Modibbo-Kawu said the commission had lost a rare gem in the deceased.
He described the deceased as “a truly remarkable woman, a mother and sister”.
Modibbo-Kawu prayed Allah to repose the soul of the deceased.
The Preacher at the prayer session Sheikh Oloruntoyin Ishola said though Jimeda’s death was untimely, it was the will of God and her destiny.
He admonished the gathering, particularly the rich and the highly placed there to use their wealth and positions to affect the people around them.
