The immediate past Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Dr. Bashir Gwandu has lost his mother, Hajiya Aisha Gwandu.
Dr. Gwandu, a former Executive Commissioner and acting EVC of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) when reached, confirmed that his mother passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday afternoon in Kebbi State.
“I have just received the news of the passing of my mother and I pray that Allah would forgive her and grant her Al-Jannah Firdauss,” he said.
Hajiya Gwandu died at a hospital in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital.
Among her children were the Technical Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum, Engr. Umar Gwandu; and the Project Manager at Kebbi Health Project, Dr. Jibril Gwandu.
She is survived by many other children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Sources within the Gwandus said prayer (Janaiza) for their late matriarch would be held this morning by 10:00 am at Emir’s palace in Birnin Kebbi and interment follows immediately at the cemetery.
