Edo Govt Declares Friday Half-Day In Honour Of Anenih, As His Final Journey Home Commences.

Following the final journey home of the late former Iyasele of Esanland, Chief Dr. Anthony Akhakon Anenih CFR, which started with a Requiem Mass in Abuja on Tuesday and continues on Friday in Benin City, the Edo State Government has declared Friday, November 30, a half-day of work in the state, in honour of late elder statesman. 

In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, the state government said the declaration is in line with the state burial, with which the state government is honouring the late national icon.

He said, “The State Government has declared Friday, November 30, a half-day of work, so that workers in the state can pay their last respects to the icon. We are having a state burial and this serves as one of the gestures extended by the government in honour of Anenih, his legacy and contribution to development of the state.”

OLIKA REPORTERS can recall that the Edo state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki had declared a three day mourning period at the announcement of the demise of the former Police commissioner.

Chief Tony Anenih, a former Minister of Works and housing, former national Chairman of the defunct Social Democratic Party, SDP and Chairman BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), died in an Abuja hospital on October 28, at the age of 85 years.

He will be interred in his home town, Uromi, Esan North-East of Edo State, on Saturday, December 1st 2018.