FOLAKEMI ALONGE LAID TO REST
The late Mrs Folakemi Alonge, who worked with New Dawn Television of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC) and an officer of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council has been finally committed to Mother Earth.
The event was preceded by the Special Commendation Service and Service of Songs organized by the NUJ, at the Press Centre, Iwo/Ibadan road, Osogbo in honour of the diseased.
Alonge died suddenly on Wednesday, January 13, after a brief illness.
In his welcome address, the NUJ Chairman, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu who described the late Alonge as the pillar of his administration, stated that he shared the driver’s seat of the Union with her, in her lifetime.
“I have lost a confidant, a committed member and a dear one”, Comrade Ajadosu stated.
The presiding Pastor of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Oloke-Ibukun, Ido-Osun, Pastor S.O. Bukoye who presided over the service implored all those in attendance to use any opportunity given to them by God for the benefit of humanity.
Pastor Bukoye who noted the nothingness of life and the fact that nothing lasts forever, applauded the great virtues and commitment of Alonge to the Church and humanity in general.
One of the dignitaries, a former Secretary to Osun State Government, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade decribed Alonge as a dedicated, committed and reliable personality whose experience and zeal cannot be quantified.
Others who shared different testimonies attested to a life well spent by a God-fearing person and rare professional in the field of Journalism and prayed for the repose of her soul and the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Late Alonge was survived by aged mother, children and grandchildren.
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