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Nigeria: Bamanga Tukur - Adamawa Governor Declares Monday Work-Free Day
The three-day mourning period includes flags at half-mast and keeps essential services running, officials said.
- Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri declared Monday, September 14, a work-free day to honor the passing of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, initiating a three-day state mourning period for the former Gongola State governor.
- Born in 1935, Tukur was a veteran business leader and former Nigerian Ports Authority chief who died Saturday in Abuja at age 90, having served as governor of the defunct Gongola State and Minister of Industries.
- Following traditional Islamic rites at the Lamido's Palace, family members laid the former Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman to rest on Sunday, September 13, in Yola.
- Nigerian Democratic Congress presidential candidate Peter Obi expressed condolences, describing Tukur as a "distinguished statesman" whose decades of service to Nigeria left an enduring legacy.
- Governor Fintiri urged residents to use the work-free day for solemn prayers for the deceased's soul, while flags across public institutions in Adamawa fly at half-mast throughout the three-day mourning period.
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