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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has on behalf of his family and people of Abia State, commiserated with the family, Item people and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on the death of their illustrious son, Prof Joe Irukwu.
In a condolence message signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Kazie Uko, Otti recalled the giant strides and indelible footprints that Prof Irukwu left behind in the insurance sector, among which are his record as the pioneer Managing Director of Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation and founder of African Development Insurance Company.
Otti noted that these and other accomplishments as a consummate lawyer, lecturer and author of several books on insurance, earned Prof Irukwu the sobriquet, ‘Mr. Insurance’.
While thanking God for blessing Abia with the calibre of Prof Irukwu’s person and the life he lived, Dr. Otti urged the family to find comfort in the legacies the late nonagenarian left behind.
The Governor prayed for the repose of the soul of the former leader of the apex Igbo socio-cultural and political organisation, Ohanaeze, and promised that Abia will work with the other South East states and his family to ensure that the late insurance icon was given a befitting burial.
Prof Irukwu, a great son of Item, in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, according to his son, Pastor Agu Irukwu, passed on at the age of 89.
