PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the mother to Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians-in -Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Alhaja Sadiat Abeke Erogbogbo, a retired teacher and businesswoman who turns 90 years on June 7, 2020.
In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina during the weekend, the President felicitated with the celebrant, children, and extended families of the woman, who was known as ‘Kind Teacher’ in the early part of her professional life.
The statement added that Mama Erogbogbo, a well-rounded Nigerian, was born in Kano in 1930, schooled in Lagos, and later taught in Kano, Lagos and Jos, where she impacted positively on the lives of students who passed through her tutelage, hence the sobriquet, ‘Kind Teacher.’
According to Adesina, President Buhari eulogized Mama Erogbogbo, and wishes her sound mind and good health, even as she has joined the league of nonagenarians and celebrated by all those whose lives she had touched positively.
The President acknowledged that the celebrant is a devout member of Ansar Ud Deen Ladies Society, and said that Mama Erogbogbo is a role model to the younger generation by her virtues, humility and humanity.