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Ogun Schools, Markets Shut
For HID Awolowo’s Burial
Ogun government has directed that all markets
and public schools in the Remo Zone of the state
be closed on Wednesday for the burial of late
Chief HID Awolowo.
This is contained in a release signed in Abeokuta
on Monday by the Secretary to the State
Government (SSG), Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa.
It stated that the closure was a mark of respect
for the late Matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty,
who died on Sept. 19.
The release, however, said the directive would
affect only schools Ikenne, Remo North and
Sagamu
Local Government Areas.
”Government, hereby, appeals to market men and
women as well as residents of the state to troop
out en-masse to give late Mrs Awolowo a befitting
burial,” it said.