PRESS RELEASE ALHAJA ABIBATU MOGAJI’S DEATH: A NATIONAL LOSS- FASHOLA Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has described as a great national and personal loss the passage of the pioneer Iyaloja /President General of the Market men and Women, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji. In a condolence statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Hakeem Bello, Governor Fashola said the mother of his illustrious predecessor in office and the National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu throughout her life time was a forthright defender of the people and their right to economic empowerment adding that this trait has been imbibed by anyone, who has had the opportunity or privilege to fall within the ambit of her influence. According to the Governor, this peculiar trait is evident in the personality of her illustrious son and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a leader with the love of the people at heart. The Governor said Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji was a frontliner in the commercial development of Lagos State, particularly Lagos Island, which was formerly dominated by the Lebanese and Greek Merchants. “She was one of the pioneer traders, who ventured into the capital intensive and risky business venture of importation of consumer goods, thereby breaking the monopoly previously enjoyed by the foreign tradesmen and her business acumen attracted the attention of Multi-National Enterprises operating in Nigeria then, who had no option but to register her as a business partner and distributor of their consumer goods in Nigeria.” Describing the late Iyaloja-General as a great matriarch, the Governor said Alhaja Mogaji did not limit her business and social networking to the confines of Lagos State alone, she was always seeking for the welfare of market men and women as well as ways of opening up more business opportunities for them. “This attribute of hers must have informed the unanimous decision of all commercial traders regardless of ethnic, religious or political persuasion to select her as the pioneer Iyaloja/President-General of Nigerian Market Men & Women. A position she has handled with utmost responsibility and diligence, he said. Governor Fashola said Alhaja Mogaji would be sorely missed by noting that he would personally miss the motherly guidance and affectionate of the deported matriarch of the Mogaji Family. According to him, this becomes more so at this time when the nation needs more men and women in the mould of Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji who would show leadership by using their gifts and talents to contribute to the development of Lagos. Praying for the peaceful repose of the soul of the departed, Governor Fashola expressed heartfelt condolences on behalf of the First Lady of Lagos State, Dame Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola and his family, to the ACN National Leader, the entire Tinubu Family and the people of Lagos for the great loss.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:29:05 +0000
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