Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has
expressed sadness over the sudden death of Senator Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo,
representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the Upper Legislative Chamber of
the National Assembly, who passed away on Monday morning at the age of 64 after
a brief illness.
Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message, described Senator
Osinowo’s death as a rude shock, coming at a time when the State and indeed the
entire nation had just started benefiting from his wealth of political and
administrative experience.
The Governor said Senator Osinowo’s demise had thrown
the State into mourning, urging Lagosians, whose interests the late lawmaker
represented at the National Assembly to use his death as a reminder that the
battle against the ravaging coronavirus pandemic is far from being won.
“The death of Senator Bayo Osinowo is painful. He died
at a time when we have just begun to consolidate on our successes and see a ray
of hope in our fight against the covid-19. We must not allow the death of
Senator Osinowo to deter us from forging ahead in our quest to finding a
lasting solution to the dreaded disease.”
“I am saddened by the death of this fine gentleman; a
loyal party man and committed democrat, with a deep understanding of the State’s
social and political landscape.”
“Senator Osinowo was an extremely loyal politician, who
started his political journey with the progressives and remained in the fold
until his unfortunate exit today.”
“There’s no doubting the fact that he would be missed
by the entire political class, particularly his immediate constituents in
Kosofe, the Lagos East Senatorial District and the State as a whole.”
The Governor added that the best honour to give the
deceased would be for government to speedily achieve a turn around in the
State’s health sector by ensuring that no single life is lost on the account of
poor health.
“We will continue to give priority attention to our
health sector, improve on service delivery, trainings and other critical areas
in the sector so as to ensure that no life is lost due to poor health
facilities.”
Governor Sanwo-Olu condoled with the immediate family
of the departed, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of the Senate, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan over
what he described as the loss of a “dear colleague”.
He also sympathised with members of the All
Progressives Congress in Lagos and at the national level as well as the Lagos
State House of Assembly.
“I pray that almighty Allah grant the soul of our
beloved Bayo Osinowo eternal rest and grant him a place in Aljannah firdaus, he
said.
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