The Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, died on Sunday evening after a
prolong battle with lung cancer.
The ranking senator and former Information minister, born in November 1939, was aged 75.
His family, in a statement by Chidi
Chukwumerije titled, “The passing of an inspirational icon,” explained
that the late senator, who represented Abia North Senatorial District in
the upper chamber, died “surrounded by his family.”
The statement partly read, “Comrade Uche
Chukwumerije passed into the open arms of history, and of our Lord
Jesus Christ, after a long but gallant battle with lung cancer.
“His life is many volumes, which can
only be told with care and time, of dedication and focus, integrity and
discipline, and an unbroken love for the highest ideals of our shared
humanity.”
The family explained that details of his burial arrangements would be announced soon.
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