The Akwa Ibom State Government has declared Friday, November 29, 2024, as a work-free day in honour of the late First Lady, Mrs Patience Eno, who died on September 26, 2024, after a brief sickness.
The secretary to the state government, Mr Enobong Uwah, said in a statement in Uyo on Wednesday that the decision was to Akwa Ibom indigenes and other well-wishers to pay their last respects to the departed First Lady.
She will be interred in the governor’s home town, Ikot Ekpene Udo in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of the state on November 29, 2024.
The statement reads: “Further to the final home-going programme of our departed First Lady, Her Excellency, Pastor (Mrs) Patience Umo Eno, the Akwa Ibom State Government, in consultation with the bereaved family, has declared Friday, November 29, 2024, a work-free day in honour of our dear mother.
“This is to enable Akwa-Ibomites to pay their last respects to our mother at her obsequies in Ikot Ekpene Udo, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of the state on that day.
“May the gentle soul of our departed First Lady find repose in the bosom of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.”
