Senate has announced the death of Senator Uche Chukwumerije in the evening of Sunday in the Turkish Hospital, Abuja
A statement by Senate Spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe described the lawmaker who until his death was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Education as political giant and one of the nation,s finest legislator.
Abaribe said the lawmaker who represented Abia North Senatorial District of Abia state in the current senate easily passes as a repository of legislative tradition and practice.
“The Senate will surely miss his erudite contributions on the floor of the chamber and his painstaking approach to committee work. Chukwumerije was indeed an embodiment of legislative tradition and consummate activists democrat who loved his people passionately”, he said.
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My goes to Ndigbo,the immediate family for this irreparable loss.He is our Dearest Law maker who stood in the gap for our over the Years including the genocide and pogrom against our people by Buhari,murtala,Gowon,Danjuma,etc in 1966- 1970.We have to give him a befitting and heroic burial.Our dear God will grant him mercy and a place in paradise.