Management officials of the Nasarawa State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development were in Doma Council Area of the State on Wednesday on a sympathy visit to the Director of Finance and Accounts of the Ministry, Yakubu Abdul Balarabe, who lost his father, Mallam Ibrahim Oshata, on Friday, last week, following a protracted illness.
Permanent Secretary, Chief Barr. Isaac Danladi, who led the Ministry’s delegation on the visit sympathized with the Director and those affected by the sad commentary, describing the demise of Mallam Ibrahim Oshata as a devastating loss to humanity and the society in general.
“We are here as your colleagues to condole with you and your family over the death of your father.
“We are here to tell you that your loss is our loss. We are in this together.
“Death is a necessary end for every mortal and it comes when it is the time.
“The world is a stage, and everybody has his entry and exit routes.
“Your late father was one of the few privileged people who lived above 100 years before departing this world, and during those periods, he impacted so much on you the children and the society in general, some of the great legacies he left behind you can all attest to them.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this trying time; we pray God to forgive his shortcomings and grant his soul eternal rest.
“Though you may not be the next of kin of the family, but the task of catering for the family your late dad left behind now rests on your shoulders.
“And I pray that God will give you the fortitude and strength to carry on with the tasks.”
Responding, the Director, Yakubu Abdul Balarabe, thanked the delegation for the visit.
He said the death of his father shocked every member of the family and had left a huge vacuum.
Balarabe noted that his late father lived a life worthy of emulation, and opined that God called him home because he had finished his assignments on Earth.
The deceased who has since been buried according to Islamic rites in Doma, was aged 105 years.
/Eche Amos
