The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, on Tuesday, disclosed that he was saddened by the dying of the get together’s promising lawmaker, Ekene Abubakar Adams.
Until his demise, Adams was a member of the House of Representatives representing Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency in Kaduna State.
The chairman of the House Committee on Sports died within the early hours of Tuesday on the age of 39.
In a condolence assertion issued in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, the get together’s chair stated the information of his dying got here to him as a impolite shock.
According to him, Adams spoke fact to energy and invested closely in his constituency in his first 12 months in workplace signalling that he was within the House of Representatives for severe enterprise.
He stated, “We have interacted very intently and was one lawmaker who spoke fact to energy even at his younger impressionable age. Though he was barely one 12 months in workplace, his impression on the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency and the complete Kaduna state was big. Just a number of months in the past, he donated transformers, vehicles and bikes to communities and people and likewise empowered all of the ward chairmen and a number of other girls from his constituency throughout political divides with big sums of cash.
“This philanthropic gesture, he advised me, was in fulfilment of his marketing campaign guarantees. On the ground of the National Assembly, he was a notable voice and had defended the unvoiced by way of his motions. He additionally made invaluable contributions to the get together and provided nice counsel to me on get together affairs.
“On behalf of the leadership and the entire members of the party who have been mourning this great personality we offer our condolences to his immediate family, constituency, Kaduna State government and the nation over this painful demise. We pray that God will give all of us the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss. May his soul rest on the bosom of the Lord.”
Meanwhile, the 2023 presidential flagbearer of the get together, Peter Obi, in a press release on Tuesday by way of X additionally mourned the loss if the lawmaker.
Obi wrote, “I’m deeply saddened by the information of the passing of Ekene Abubakar Adams, a member of the Labour Party within the House of Representatives from Kaduna State. On behalf of our Party and the Obidient household worldwide, our heartfelt condolences exit to his spouse, household and family members.
“His premature dying on the age of 39 is a tragic loss to the nation. It is as well as a blow to the a lot wanted youth enter into our political area as a nation. This tragic loss has come at a time when there’s a nationwide clamour for elevated youth participation in our political management.
Obi famous that as Chairman of the House Committee on Sports and Representative of the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency, in his brief tenure, made important contributions to the event of sports activities in Nigeria.
“His ardour and experience on this subject shall be enormously missed by the nation at giant. May God Almighty who referred to as him dwelling at the moment, forgive his sins and grant him everlasting relaxation, and grant his household and all of us the fortitude to bear his very unhappy irreplaceable loss.
“May God Almighty protect and bless his family always,” Obi added.
