Ismaila Isa Funtua
FOUNDING Managing Director of Democrat Newspaper, and President Muhammadu Buhari’s political associate, Ismail Isa Funtua is dead. He will be buried on Tuesday according to Islamic rites.
Reports reveal that the renowned politician may have died of cardiac arrest.
Ismaila Isa, renowned Business Executive and public officer with over thirty years of management experience died on Monday according to family sources.
He served as President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) for 8 years.
He was Personnel Manager in United Textiles Limited (UNTL), responsible for over ten thousand staff and a one-time Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He is the founder of Bulet International Nigeria Limited (the largest wholly owned indigenous construction company) which built most of the iconic public buildings in Abuja, according to report.