{"id":26226,"date":"2024-04-05T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=26226"},"modified":"2024-04-05T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:56:55","slug":"kwara-deputy-governor-mourns-loss-of-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/04\/05\/kwara-deputy-governor-mourns-loss-of-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwara Deputy Governor Mourns Loss of Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi, is in mourning following the passing of his mother, Mama Ena Maud Alabi.<\/p>\n<p>Mama Ena, who was of Jamaican descent but held Nigerian citizenship through marriage, passed away early on Friday morning at the age of 98.<\/p>\n<p>She served as a senior matron at the Maternity Hospital in Amilegbe, Ilorin, concluding her tenure in 1980 after several decades of dedicated service in healthcare and caregiving.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State expressed his condolences in a tribute statement, describing Mama Ena as a compassionate individual who utilized her skills and extensive network to support her community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On behalf of the Abdulrazaq family, the government, and the people of Kwara State, the governor extends heartfelt condolences to the deputy governor and his siblings on the profound loss of their beloved mother,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>He prayed for divine rest for her soul and for strength and unity for the family as they navigate through this period of grief and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi, is in mourning following the passing of his mother, Mama Ena Maud Alabi. Mama Ena, who was of Jamaican descent but held Nigerian citizenship through marriage, passed away early on Friday morning at the age of 98. She served as a senior matron at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":26228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26231,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26226\/revisions\/26231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}