President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said the Nigerian Senate will participate fully in the burial of late Pa Edwin Kiagbodo Clark who died on Monday.

He stated this on Wednesday when a delegation of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by its National Chairman, Ambassador Godknows Igali visited him to formally inform him of the demise of the elder statesman.

The Senate President told his guests that the Senate had earlier in the day observed a minute of silence in honour of Pa Edwin Clark who was himself a Senator.
We couldn’t even wait for you to let us know that he was gone. We agreed to send a strong delegation to come and condole with you, condole with the immediate family and the good people of Ijaw nation, Niger Delta as a whole and other Nigerians and for the Senate to take part in all the burial activities. So we intend to be there.

“So on this note, I welcome you. We have received the news now formally and I want to thank you for the honour that you have done to the National Assembly by coming as a delegation to let us know that yes indeed, our father is gone. The father of Nigeria. One of those who have made Nigeria what it is.

“I assure you of our total readiness to cooperate with you and all well-meaning Nigerians and because this is a great loss to Nigeria, not just to the Niger Delta region,” Akpabio said.

Speaking further, the Senate President said “Pa Edwin Clark was not just any Nigerian. He was a Pan Africanist. We describe him as an iconic leader. We describe him also as a detribalised Nigerian who fought particularly for the welfare of the minorities across Nigeria, not just in the Niger Delta.

“He wanted a better country. He wanted an inclusive country. He wanted a country where every minority could have a sense of belonging and say yes, this is my country. I am proud of my country.


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