Delta Speaker, Deputy Mourn Pa Okowa, An Erudite Teacher Par Excellence

The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has condoled Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on the passing unto eternal glory of your beloved father, Chief Arthur Okorie Okowa.

Oborevwori,  in a condolence message he personally signed said: “I write to express and convey my heartfelt condolences to Your Excellency the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on the passing unto eternal glory of your beloved father, Chief Arthur Okorie Okowa on Wednesday 27th, January 2021. You could not have imagined this moment. It is painful no matter the age.

“I commiserate with the family, children and the Ika nation on the death of this Iconic figure.

“Papa excelled as a teacher’s teacher before retiring from the Teacher’ training College.

“As a teacher, Papa did not only teach the curriculum but also taught his students morals, civics, hardwork and value for self esteem.

“I  remember with nostalgia Papa immense contributions to the development of the teaching profession as First Member, Post-Primary Education Board under the administration of the late Olorogun Felix Ibru.

“Papa was a father of all that came in contact with him as he never ceases to admonish for good morals.

“I enjoin you, your siblings and all that are left to mourn him to be comforted by Almighty God. Kindly  accept my sincere condolences”, Oborevwori wrote

Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Christopher Ochor Ochor, has expressed shock, pain and sadness over the death of the father of the State Governor, Pa Arthur Okowa who died in the early hour of Thursday January 28, 2021.

In a press statement by his Press Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Enebeli, the Deputy Speaker said that the death of the Patriarch of the Okowa’s family, “is not just a big loss, but a personal loss to him, and his immediate family, who adopted him as their father”.

Ochor stated that Pa Okowa was greatly part of his life, saying he “always present to offer fatherly advice and care, reeling his good qualities which over the years won him his love.

He however, urged the immediate family of the Late Patriarch, particularly the Governor of the State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to take solace on the irreparable lost.

“I received the news of the passing of Pa Arthur Okowa, my daddy, with sadness, heavy pain and shock. This is a personal loss to I and my family.”

“He is a man whom I had adopted as a father, just as he took me as one of his sons. He was a man with care, and love towards fellow human. We had lost a true gentleman, with a big heart of love.”

“I, my family, aides and my political family deeply condole with the Okowa’s family, most especially with the Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on the demise.”

“We pray that Almighty God them, the people of Owa-Alero and the entire people of Ika nation, friends, and associates the fortitude to bear the loss”, the Deputy Speaker stated.