Speaker Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has offered scholarship to the children of a newspaper vendor who was killed by one of his security aides - Islanders Magazine

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Monday 23 November 2020

Speaker Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has offered scholarship to the children of a newspaper vendor who was killed by one of his security aides


The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has offered scholarship up to university level to the children of a newspaper vendor, late Ifeanyi Okereke, who was killed by one of his security aides.

Gbajabiamila over the weekend paid a condolence visit to the family of the deceased where he met the wife who is nursing a baby they just welcomed.

The speaker on Sunday, November 22, met with members of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) and the Newspapers Vendors Association, Abuja (NVAA) to condole with them over the death of their colleague, Okereke.  Gbajabiamila said after a visit to the family of the late Ifeanyi at the Kwata area of Madalla-Suleja on Saturday, where he met with his wife and children, he directed his lawyers to immediately set up a trust fund for them until adulthood.

''‘Let me address you not as the Speaker but as Femi Gbajabiamila a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who has been caught unawares in the middle of this unfortunate incident. Many of you that have been following me from the beginning know that championing the cause of the masses has been my life work as a legislator. I have been a champion of the common man and therefore the irony of this is not lost on me and many of us. However, I will continue to do this as long as I live.

“This is a very difficult time for me. Like many have said, you guys have been my friends for years. I have no idea and I don’t know why you guys have always taken to me over the years including campaigning for me in the streets of Abuja during the speakership election. You’ve always been there for me. As you were selling your papers, you were also selling me." he said

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