Ogun State Closes Schools and Markets for HID Awolowo's Burial

 

In a press release signed in Abeokuta on Monday by the Secretary to the Ogun State Government (SSG), Taiwo Adeoluwa, the state 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.

 

According to the statement, 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 in 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.