Mr. Aondowase Chia, has passed away.
Chia died at the age of 46, in the early hours of Wednesday, March 4,
Punch reports.
According to report, the previous day, March 3, he had presented his
ministry's 2015 budget before the Benue State House of Assembly
without any sign of illness.
On getting to his office, he could not stand from his chair and was
rushed to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi where
he died. He is believed to have died of stroke.
Chia is survived by his wife and eight children.
He is the second commissioner in the ministry to die in office under
the administration of Governor Gabriel Suswam.
Atorto Girgi, an indigene of Ushongo Local Government Area of the
state, as the ministry's commissioner, died in active service over
three years ago.
Prof. Saint Gbilekaa, Chief of Staff to the Governor, who led members
of the state executive council on a sympathy visit to the family of
the deceased in Makurdi, described the death as sad and very
unfortunate.
The deceased was first appointed commissioner for Youths and Sports in
2011 and was later moved to the ministry of Rural Development and
Cooperatives in 2013 where he stayed until his demise.
May his soul rest in peace, amen.
There has been a lot of sudden death in recent times. In January, the
lifeless body of one of the female accountants at the Lagos State
Sports Council was found lying on the floor of the office.
That same month, a reporter from the Bauchi State Television
Authority (BATV), Malam Ibrahim Aliyu, slumped and died while working
on a story at the Government House, Bauchi.
--infonaija
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