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Nigeria’s flag to fly at half-mast in honour of former head of state, Shonekan

January 12, 2022 No Comments

The Federal Government has ordered all government institutions in Nigeria to fly the country’s national flag at half-mast in honour of former Head of the Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Shonekan, who died on Tuesday.

Shonekan, a boardroom guru, died in the early hours of Tuesday at the age of 85.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the flag would fly at half-mast in all government institutions from Wednesday to Friday.

He added that the action was in honour of the deceased.

The statement read: “Following the death of the former Head of the Interim Government, Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, GCFR, President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast, effective from Wednesday 12th – Friday 14th, January, 2022 as a mark of respect for the former Head of State who died on Tuesday, 11th January, 2022 at the age of 85.”

Former Nigerian Interim leader, Ernest Shonekan, dies at 85.

January 11, 2022 No Comments

Chief Ernest Shonekan who headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, has died.

Shonekan died in a hospital in Lagos today January 11. He was 85.
He was the interim head of the Nigerian Government between August 26 and November 17 1993 when he was ousted in a coup led by late General Sani Abacha.

Born on 9 May 1936 in Lagos, Shonekan, an Abeokuta-born civil servant, he was one of six children born into the family. He attended the CMS Grammar School and Igbobi college. He received a law degree from the University of London and was called to the bar. He later attended Harvard Business School.
May his soul rest in peace, Amen.